Hebrews 12:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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  • Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.
  • 1 Pet 1:4-5 : 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Heb 10:22-23 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)
  • Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 ‹Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:›
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 ¶ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
  • Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
  • Ps 19:14 : 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
  • Dan 7:27 : 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
  • Heb 10:19 : 19 ¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Luke 1:33 : 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
  • Luke 17:20-21 : 20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, ‹The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:› 21 ‹Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.›
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.

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  • Heb 12:25-27
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:

    26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

    27And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

  • 29For our God [is] a consuming fire.

  • 11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

  • 16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  • 30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

  • Heb 13:14-15
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    14For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

    15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.

  • 1¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

  • 31[It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • 74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

  • Heb 2:1-2
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    1¶ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.

    2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

  • 21And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

  • 11¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • 18¶ For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  • 17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:

  • 6So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  • 9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

  • 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

  • 1¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • 12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

  • 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    1¶ Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

    2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

  • 8But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.

  • Heb 13:9-10
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    9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

    10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

  • 21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

  • 19¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

  • 17Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

  • 21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • 24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great [things] he hath done for you.

  • 23Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)

  • 21And [having] an high priest over the house of God;

  • 10The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.

  • 9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • 1¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.

  • 14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.

  • 6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • 32‹Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.›

  • 1¶ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

  • 40That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

  • 11Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

  • 15For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.

  • 7¶ For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

  • 8Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

  • 13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.