Hebrews 12:15

Watch carefully that no one falls short of God's grace and that no bitter root grows up to defile the community. Guard one another against falling away and against spreading corruption.

Cross-references · 40

• Heb 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
• Deut 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
• Gal 5:4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
• 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• 2 Jn 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
• 1 Cor 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
• Heb 4:1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
• Prov 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
• 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
• Jer 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
• 1 Cor 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
• 2 Cor 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
• Heb 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
• Jude 1:20–21But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
• 2 Tim 2:16–17But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
• 1 Cor 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
• 1 Kgs 14:16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
• Heb 10:23–35Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
• Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
• Heb 6:11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
• Deut 32:32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
• 2 Pet 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
• Col 3:5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
• 1 Cor 9:24–27Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
• 2 Pet 2:1–2Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• Eph 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
• Matt 7:16–18By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
• Josh 22:17–20Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
• Gal 2:13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
• Josh 7:25–26“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
• Exod 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
• 1 Cor 13:8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
• Isa 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
• Heb 2:1–2We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Acts 20:30–31Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• Isa 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
• 2 Pet 1:10Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
• 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
• Josh 6:18But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
• Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

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