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Hebrews 12:12-13 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 12 · verses 12–13
12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.Hebrews 12:12-13 · King James Version
Hebrews 12:12-13 in context
10For 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.
11Now 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.
12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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Key words (Strong's)
- straightorthosstraight, erect, upright, straight, not crookedG3717 →
- feebleparalyōto loose on one side or from the side, to loose or part things placed side by side, to…G3886 →
- rathermallonmore, to a greater degree, rather, much, by far, rather, sooner, more willingly, more…G3123 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- pathstrochiaa track of a wheel, a rut, a track, a pathG5163 →
- makepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- feetpousa foot, both of men or beast, often in the orient, one put his foot on vanquished, of…G4228 →
- lamechōloslame, deprived of a foot, maimedG5560 →
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Here the apostle presses the exhortation to patience and perseverance by an argument taken from the gentle measure and gracious nature of those sufferings which the believing Hebrews endured in their Christian course. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-17