Hebrews 10:38

A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin

³⁷ For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. ³⁸ But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him. ³⁹ But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

By Faith

In Me

Just Shall Live by Faith

Live by Faith

Righteous Man

Righteous One

Take Pleasure In

O God

No

Romans 1:17

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

Galatians 3:11

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

Habakkuk 2:4

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

Psalm 5:4

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

Psalm 85:8

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

Psalm 147:11

The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

Isaiah 42:1

"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

Ezekiel 3:20

"When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Ezekiel 18:24

"But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord's help or guidance."

Malachi 1:10

"I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will no longer accept an offering from you.

Matthew 12:18

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

Matthew 12:43-45

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

Matthew 13:21

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

2 Peter 2:19-22

Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.