See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored.
But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,
And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven.
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So Israel went to their tents.
“Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, ‘What is this breach of faith that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the Lord?
For if you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.”
See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
“This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes.
They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers.
Be not so terribly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.
“You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known.
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.
And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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