Hebrews 6:12

American Standard Version (1901)

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein] .
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.
  • 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 If any man [is] for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
  • Rev 14:12-13 : 12 Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
  • Jas 1:3 : 3 Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
  • Jas 5:10-11 : 10 Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
  • 1 Pet 3:5-6 : 5 For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
  • Matt 22:32 : 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not [the God] of the dead, but of the living.
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
  • Luke 20:37-38 : 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in [the place concerning] the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.
  • Rom 8:25-26 : 25 But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it. 26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered;
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • 2 Thess 1:4 : 4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;
  • Song 1:8 : 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
  • Heb 11:8-9 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised: 12 wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. 15 And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city. 17 By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;
  • Heb 11:33 : 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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  • Heb 6:9-11
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    9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

    10for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

    11And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

  • Heb 10:35-37
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    35Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.

    36For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

    37For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.

  • Gal 6:9-10
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    9And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    10So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Rom 12:11-12
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    11in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

    12rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

  • Heb 12:1-3
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    1Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

    2looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

    3For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

  • Jas 1:3-4
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    3Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

    4And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

  • Rom 2:7
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    7to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

  • Heb 6:17-18
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    17Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

    18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

  • Rom 5:4
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    4and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

  • Heb 10:23
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    23let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

  • Rom 8:25
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    25But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

  • Rom 15:4
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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

  • Heb 4:1
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    1Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • 2 Thess 1:4
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    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

  • Jas 5:7
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    7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

  • 2 Pet 3:14
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    14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

  • Rom 4:18
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    18Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

  • Heb 12:12-13
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    12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

    13and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

  • 2 Pet 1:6
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    6and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness;

  • Heb 3:12
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    12Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

  • Heb 11:8-9
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  • Rev 14:12
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    12Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

  • Heb 13:7
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    7Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

  • Heb 6:1
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    1Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

  • Rom 4:20
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    20yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,