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1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 1 Cor. 9:24

- Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Phil. 3:13

- Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, 1 Pet. 2:1

2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

- They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Ps. 34:5

- No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44

- But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Phil. 2:7

3. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

- But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isa. 40:31

- Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: 2 Tim. 2:8

- Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Heb. 3:1

- And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matt. 5:29

- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Col. 3:5

- Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 1 Pet. 4:1

5. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

- Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: Job 5:17

- My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: Prov. 3:11

- As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Rev. 3:19

6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

- Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Deut. 8:5

- For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. Job 5:18

- For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Prov. 3:12

7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

- He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Prov. 13:24

- Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Prov. 19:18

- Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Isa. 48:10

8. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

- They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Ps. 73:5

- But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 1 Cor. 11:32

- Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1 Pet. 5:9

9. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

- If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Deut. 21:18

- Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Heb. 5:8

- Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 1 Pet. 5:6

10. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

- Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:2

- And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28

- Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Heb. 12:14

11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

- And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isa. 32:17

- And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; Rom. 5:3

- For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2 Cor. 7:10

- Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Job 4:3

- Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Isa. 35:3

- All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. Ezek. 7:17

13. And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

- Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Prov. 4:26

- And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. Isa. 35:8

- Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Rom. 14:1

14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

- For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Lev. 11:44

- Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8

- Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Tim. 2:22

15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

- Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; Deut. 29:18

- For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Eph. 5:5

- But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pet. 2:1

16. Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

- Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. Gen. 25:34

- But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Eph. 5:3

- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Col. 3:5

17. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

- And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. Gen. 27:34

- Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Luke 13:35

- For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Heb. 10:26

18. For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

- And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: Ex. 19:12

- And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. Deut. 4:11

- These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. Deut. 5:22

19. And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

- And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. Ex. 19:16

- And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. Ex. 20:18

- And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Ex. 20:19

20. (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

- There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. Ex. 19:13

- If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. Ex. 21:28

21. And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

- And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. Ex. 19:19

- For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. Deut. 9:19

22. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

- And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Isa. 2:2

- A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. Dan. 7:10

- And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Rev. 21:10

23. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

- Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Ps. 96:13

- And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. Rev. 14:1

- And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Rev. 21:27

24. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.

- And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Gen. 4:10

- For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Tim. 2:5

- Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb. 10:22

25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

- For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. Num. 32:15

- How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; Heb. 2:3

- He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Heb. 10:28

26. Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

- And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Ex. 19:18

- For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; Hag. 2:6

- Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; Hag. 2:21

27. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

- They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: Ps. 102:26

- Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 24:35

- But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Pet. 3:10

28. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

- And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Dan. 7:27

- Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Eph. 5:20

- Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Phil. 2:12

- For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. Deut. 4:24

- Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. Deut. 9:3

- Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: Isa. 30:27