Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the joyful assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, and to the perfected spirits of the righteous. Believers join the whole company of the redeemed before God.

Cross-references · 40

• Jas 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
• Luke 10:20Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
• Heb 11:40God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
• Rev 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Gen 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
• Rev 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
• Exod 4:22Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
• Ps 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
• Rev 7:14–17“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Heb 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• 2 Th 1:5–7All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
• Heb 6:10–12For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• Ps 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
• Ps 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
• Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
• Phil 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
• Heb 11:4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
• Eph 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
• John 5:27And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
• Matt 25:31–34When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
• 1 Tim 3:5For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
• 1 Pet 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
• Rev 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
• Phil 1:21–23For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• Col 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
• Eccl 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Ps 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
• Deut 21:17Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
• Eph 5:24–27Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
• Ps 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
• Jer 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
• Ps 50:5–6“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
• 1 Cor 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
• Exod 13:2“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
• Ps 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
• Ps 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
• 2 Cor 5:8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• 1 Cor 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
• Phil 3:12–21Not 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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