EJ
Hebrews · read by E.A. Johnston
101 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.
Hebrews 1
10
And: "In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.Read from KJV · Has God Changed His Stripes
11
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.Read from KJV · Has God Changed His Stripes
Hebrews 3
8
do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,Read from KJV · Aggravated Sins
9
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.Read from KJV · The Withdrawn Presence of God
10
Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.'Read from KJV · The Withdrawn Presence of God
11
So I swore on oath in My anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'"Read from KJV · The Withdrawn Presence of God
12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.Read from KJV · The Withdrawn Presence of God
13
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.Read from NKJV · Sin Poison in the Blood and Poison to the Soul
Hebrews 4
12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Read from KJV · The Preacher's Duty
14
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.Read from NKJV · Bible Survey Hebrews
15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.Read from KJV · A Grasp on God
16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.Read from KJV · A Grasp on God
Hebrews 5
7
During the days of Jesus' earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.Read from KJV · Having an Effective Quiet Time
8
Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.Read from KJV · Resting on a Doctrine and Living Like Hell
9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRead from KJV · Honor the Son
Hebrews 6
4
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,Read from KJV · Apostasy the Devil and You
5
who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—Read from KJV · Apostasy the Devil and You
6
and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.Read from KJV · Apostasy the Devil and You
19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,Read from KJV · Five Tests of the Refiner's Fire
Hebrews 7
22
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.Read from KJV · He is Able to Save Even You
25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.Read from KJV · Honor the Son
26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.Read from KJV · The Sovereign Redeemer
27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.Read from KJV · The Sovereign Redeemer
Hebrews 8
1
The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,Read from KJV · The Sovereign Redeemer
Hebrews 9
7
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.Read from KJV · His Blood is on My Soul
11
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.Read from KJV · The Four R's of the Gospel: Redemption
12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.Read from KJV · The Old Bloodstained Cross
13
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,Read from KJV · The Four R's of the Gospel: Redemption
14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!Read from KJV · The Four R's of the Gospel: Redemption
22
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.Read from KJV · The Shed Blood of Christ
27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,Read from KJV · The Great White Throne
Hebrews 10
12
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.Read from NKJV · All Hell is Breaking Loose
26
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,Read from KJV · God's Woodshed Divine Discipline
27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.Read from KJV · Revival Gems
31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Read from ESV · Bible Survey Hebrews
38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him."Read from KJV · Drawing Back
39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.Read from KJV · Drawing Back
Hebrews 11
1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.Read from NKJV · Faith and Believing
3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
4
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
5
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.Read from KJV · Life of Faith
6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
9
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
10
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
11
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
12
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
13
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
14
Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
15
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
16
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
17
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
18
even though God had said to him, "Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned."Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
19
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
21
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
23
By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king's edict.Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
24
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Read from KJV · Breaking the Power of Sin
25
He chose to suffer oppression with God's people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.Read from KJV · Comfortable Christianity
26
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
27
By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.Read from NKJV · Life of Faith
28
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel's own firstborn.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
29
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
30
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
31
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.Read from KJV · Faith Anthem
32
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,Read from KJV · Red Hot for Christ in a Hell-Bent World
33
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
34
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.Read from KJV · Faith Has Two Sides
35
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.Read from KJV · Obtained Promises Through Faith and Prayer
36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Read from KJV · Search for Vital Christianity
37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.Read from KJV · Out on a Limb for God Faith
38
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.Read from KJV · Faith Has Two Sides
39
These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.Read from KJV · Red Hot for Christ in a Hell-Bent World
40
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.Read from KJV · Red Hot for Christ in a Hell-Bent World
Hebrews 12
1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.Read from KJV · Looking Unto Jesus
2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Read from KJV · Shame and Pain of Calvary
3
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.Read from KJV · The Abiding Lesson Seven
6
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives."Read from KJV · God's Woodshed Divine Discipline
7
Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?Read from KJV · God's Woodshed Divine Discipline
8
If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.Read from KJV · God's Woodshed Divine Discipline
11
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.Read from KJV · God's Woodshed Divine Discipline
12
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.Read from KJV · Bitterness Digging Up the Root
13
Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.Read from KJV · Bitterness Digging Up the Root
14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.Read from KJV · The Power of a Holy Life
15
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.Read from KJV · Bitterness Digging Up the Root
18
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;Read from KJV · The Great God of the Bible
19
to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.Read from KJV · Revival Recapturing the Vanished Vision of God
20
For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."Read from KJV · Revival Recapturing the Vanished Vision of God
21
The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."Read from KJV · Christ and the Law
Hebrews 13
4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Read from KJV · The Sin of Fornication
11
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.Read from KJV · Coming Destruction on a God Provoking Nation
12
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.Read from KJV · Coming Destruction on a God Provoking Nation
13
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.Read from KJV · Coming Destruction on a God Provoking Nation
14
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.Read from KJV · Coming Destruction on a God Provoking Nation
20
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,Read from KJV · Finishing Well
21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.Read from NKJV · Finishing Well