Hebrews 12:18 · KJV
“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 12:18
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}
And 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:
Hebrews 12 — Context
Lest 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:
20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. {midst: Heb. heart}
Exodus 24:17
And the sight of the glory of the LORD {was} like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw {it}, they removed, and stood afar off.
Deuteronomy 5:22-26
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
2 Corinthians 3:9
For if the ministration of condemnation {be} glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Exodus 19:12-22
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, {that ye} go {not} up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.