Hebrews 12:18

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For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is burning with fire, to darkness, gloom, and a storm,

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  • Deut 4:11 : 11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.
  • Exod 19:12-22 : 12 Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death. 13 No hand is to touch it; anyone who touches it must be stoned or shot with arrows. Whether animal or human, they must not be allowed to live.' Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they go up the mountain. 14 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, consecrated them, and they washed their garments. 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.' 16 On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently. 19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in the thunder. 20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. 21 The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.' 22 Even the priests who come near the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.
  • Deut 5:22-26 : 22 These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. 23 When you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders came to me. 24 And you said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them. 25 But now why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God. 26 For who among all flesh has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?
  • Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.
  • Rom 8:15 : 15 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'
  • 2 Cor 3:9 : 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness far exceeds it in glory.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

    12Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form—there was only a voice.

  • Heb 12:19-22
    4 verses
    79%

    19to a trumpet blast or a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,

    20because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

    21The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."

    22But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,

  • Deut 5:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

    23When you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders came to me.

  • Exod 20:18
    74%

    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

  • Exod 19:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

    17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

    18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • Heb 12:17
    74%

    17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.

  • Exod 19:12
    73%

    12Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death.

  • 2 Pet 1:18
    72%

    18We ourselves heard this voice, which came from heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

  • Heb 12:25-29
    5 verses
    72%

    25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

    26At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."

    27The words "once more" indicate the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

    28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

    29for our God is a consuming fire.

  • Deut 4:15
    72%

    15So be very careful for your own lives, because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Be ready in the morning, and come up to Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one may come up with you, and no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and herds must not graze near the mountain.

  • Ps 18:12
    71%

    12He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.

  • Deut 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

    5At that time, I stood between the LORD and you to declare His word to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said:

  • Deut 4:36
    71%

    36From heaven He caused you to hear His voice to teach you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

  • Deut 18:16
    70%

    16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, or we will die.'

  • Exod 20:21
    70%

    21The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

  • Heb 12:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him."

  • Deut 9:8
    70%

    8Even at Horeb, you provoked the LORD to anger, and the LORD was angry enough with you to destroy you.

  • Exod 24:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Deut 9:15
    70%

    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was ablaze with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.

  • Deut 9:22
    69%

    22You continued to provoke the LORD to anger at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

  • Exod 19:20
    69%

    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Deut 1:33
    69%

    33who went before you on the way to scout out a place for you to camp, by night in the fire to show you the way you should go, and by day in the cloud.

  • Heb 8:5
    69%

    5These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

  • Exod 19:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23Moses said to the LORD, 'The people cannot come up Mount Sinai because You yourself warned us, saying: Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.'

    24The LORD replied, 'Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.'

  • 2 Cor 3:13
    69%

    13not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was fading away.

  • Heb 10:27
    69%

    27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

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

    11The LORD said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.' Then a great and powerful wind tore through the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

    12After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.

  • 2 Pet 2:17
    68%

    17These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever.

  • Num 18:22
    68%

    22From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

  • Deut 1:6
    68%

    6The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

  • Deut 1:43
    68%

    43So I spoke to you, but you did not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

  • Josh 22:18
    68%

    18And now you are turning away from the LORD today! If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow He will be angry with the entire assembly of Israel.