Hebrews 10:38

A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin

³⁷ For "in a very little while the one who is coming will return he will not delay; ³⁸ but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him." ³⁹ Now, we do not belong to those who turn back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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 in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."

Galatians 3:11

Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the Law, because "The righteous will live by faith."

Habakkuk 2:4

"Notice their arrogance they have no inward uprightness but the righteous will live by their faith.

Psalm 5:4

Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.

Psalm 85:8

Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says; for the LORD will promise peace to his people, to his holy ones; may they not return to foolishness.

Psalm 147:11

But the LORD is pleased with those who fear him, with those who depend on his gracious love.

Psalm 149:4

For the LORD is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.

Isaiah 42:1

"Here is my servant, whom I support, my chosen one, in whom I delight. I've placed my Spirit upon him; and he'll deliver his justice throughout the world.

Ezekiel 3:20

"When a righteous man abandons his righteousness to practice unrighteousness, I'll set a stumbling block before him. He'll die. If you don't warn him, he'll die in his sin and the righteous deeds that he had practiced won't be remembered, but you'll be held responsible for his death.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won't live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He'll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed."

Zephaniah 1:6

those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."

Malachi 1:10

"Oh, that one of you would shut the Temple doors and not light useless fires on the altar! I'm not pleased with you," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I'll accept no offerings from you.

Matthew 12:18

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.

Matthew 12:43-45

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.

Matthew 13:21

but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people,

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

2 Peter 2:19-22

Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.

1 John 2:19

They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.