Hebrews 12:16

New Testament Epistle (General) ASV (1901)

lest [there be] any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

Hebrews 12:16 — American Standard Version

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Context — Hebrews 12

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13and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

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

15looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby the many be defiled;

16lest [there be] any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

17For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind [in his father,] though he sought is diligently with tears.

18For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

19and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

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