Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Both peace and holiness are essential marks of those who belong to God.

Cross-references · 40

• 2 Cor 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 1 Pet 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
• 1 Th 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
• Matt 5:8–9Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
• Rom 12:18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
• 1 Pet 3:11He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
• Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
• Rom 14:19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
• Ps 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
• 1 Th 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
• Rom 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
• 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
• Eph 5:5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• Isa 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
• Rev 22:11–15Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
• Heb 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
• Prov 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
• 1 Tim 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
• 1 Pet 3:13Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
• Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
• Ps 120:6Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
• Gal 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
• Jas 3:17–18But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
• 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• Gen 13:7–9And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
• Prov 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
• 2 Pet 3:11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
• Rev 21:24–27By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
• 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
• Rev 22:3–4No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
• Ps 133:1A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
• Ps 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
• Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
• Ps 94:15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
• Eph 4:1–8As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• Job 33:26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
• 1 Th 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
• Phil 3:12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

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