Hebrews 12:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:11 : 11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.
  • Exod 19:12-22 : 12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death: 13 He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain. 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman. 16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear. 17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain, 18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking. 19 And when the sound of the horn became louder and louder, Moses' words were answered by the voice of God. 20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. 21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction. 22 And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.
  • Deut 5:22-26 : 22 These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me. 23 And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me, 24 And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God. 25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire. 26 For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?
  • Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.
  • Rom 8:15 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
  • 2 Cor 3:9 : 9 For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

    12 And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.

  • Heb 12:19-22
    4 verses
    79%

    19 And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

    20 For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

    21 And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

    22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

  • Deut 5:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.

    23 And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me,

  • Exod 20:18
    74%

    18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

  • Exod 19:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

    17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

    18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

  • Heb 12:17
    74%

    17 For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

  • Exod 19:12
    73%

    12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

  • 2 Pet 1:18
    72%

    18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • Heb 12:25-29
    5 verses
    72%

    25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

    26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

    27 And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

    28 If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

    29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • Deut 4:15
    72%

    15 So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 And be ready by the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai, and come before me there in the morning, on the top of the mountain.

    3 No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.

  • Ps 18:12
    71%

    12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

  • Deut 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,

    5 (I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,

  • Deut 4:36
    71%

    36 Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.

  • Deut 18:16
    70%

    16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

  • Exod 20:21
    70%

    21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

  • Heb 12:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

  • Deut 9:8
    70%

    8 Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.

  • Exod 24:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.

    18 And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

  • Deut 9:15
    70%

    15 So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.

  • Deut 9:22
    69%

    22 Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

  • Exod 19:20
    69%

    20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Deut 1:33
    69%

    33 Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Heb 8:5
    69%

    5 Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

  • Exod 19:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23 And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

    24 And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

  • 2 Cor 3:13
    69%

    13 And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:

  • Heb 10:27
    69%

    27 But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

  • 1 Kgs 19:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

    12 And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.

  • 2 Pet 2:17
    68%

    17 These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

  • Num 18:22
    68%

    22 In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

  • Deut 1:6
    68%

    6 The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:

  • Deut 1:43
    68%

    43 This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.

  • Josh 22:18
    68%

    18 That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.