Hebrews 12:17 · KJV
“For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. {place...: or, way to change his mind}”
— Hebrews 12:17
Lest there {be} any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Hebrews 12 — Context
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}
16Lest there {be} any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. {place...: or, way to change his mind}
18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which {voice} they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
Cross References
Proverbs 1:24-31
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Matthew 25:11-12
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Hebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers {is} rejected, and {is} nigh unto cursing; whose end {is} to be burned.
Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Luke 13:24-27
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Genesis 27:30-41
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Jeremiah 6:30
Reprobate silver shall {men} call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. {Reprobate...: or, Refuse silver}