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Hebrews 12:16 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Hebrews 12:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hebrews chapter 12 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”
Hebrews 12:16 (KJV)
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Commentary on Hebrews 12:16
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. This warning uses Esau as a sobering example of irreversible spiritual loss through prioritizing immediate gratification over eternal inheritance. The Greek word pornos (πόρνος, "fornicator") refers to sexual immorality, while bebēlos (βέβηλος, "profane") means unholy, godless, or treating sacred things with contempt. Together they describe one who lives for fleshly appetites rather than spiritual realities.The phrase "for one morsel of meat" (anti brōseōs mias, ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς) emphasiz...
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Cross-References for Hebrews 12:16
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“First, sell me your birthright.”
“and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!”
“the sorcerers”
“and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
“out of the hearts of men”
“that you abstain from sexual immorality”
“from blood”
“that no sexually immoral person”
“that you tolerate your{TR”
“and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles”