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Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. <a href="/esv/hebrews/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. <a href="/blb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Take heed, brothers, lest ever there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, into falling away from the living God. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> See to it brothers, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. <a href="/amp/hebrews/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God. <a href="/csb/hebrews/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Watch out, brothers, so that there won&#8217t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God. <a href="/asv/hebrews/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: <a href="/cev/hebrews/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My friends, watch out! Don't let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God. <a href="/erv/hebrews/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: <a href="/gwt/hebrews/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God. <a href="/isv/hebrews/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God. <a href="/msb/hebrews/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. <a href="/net/hebrews/3.htm">NET Bible</a> See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God; <a href="/wbt/hebrews/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. <a href="/wey/hebrews/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God. <a href="/web/hebrews/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Watch out, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God, <a href="/blb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Take heed, brothers, lest ever there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, into falling away from the living God. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God, <a href="/slt/hebrews/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in removing away from the living God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Be cautious, brothers, lest perhaps there may be, in any of you, an evil heart of unbelief, turning aside from the living God. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Take heed therefore, my brethren, lest perhaps there is a man among you who has an evil heart and is not a believer, and you will be cut off from the living God. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Beware therefore, my brethren, lest there be an evil, unfaithful heart in any of you, and you depart from THE LIVING GOD;<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in apostatizing from the living God. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> See, brethren, lest at some time there shall be in some one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God: <a href="/haweis/hebrews/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Take heed, brethren, that there be not in any one of you a wicked heart of infidelity, evident in departure from the living God: <a href="/mace/hebrews/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you such incredulity as to make you desert the living God. <a href="/wey/hebrews/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Take heed, my brethren, least there be in any of you a wicked heart of unbelief in departing from the living God: <a href="/parallel/hebrews/3-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=416" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">The Peril of Unbelief</a> 11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’ ” 12<a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: Blepete (V-PMA-2P) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.">See to it,</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphoi (N-VMP) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">brothers,</a> <a href="/greek/4219.htm" title="4219: pote (Conj) -- When, at what time. From the base of pou and te; interrogative adverb, at what time.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tini (IPro-DMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">none</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">of you</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">has</a> <a href="/greek/4190.htm" title="4190: ponēra (Adj-NFS) -- Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. ">a wicked</a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardia (N-NFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">heart</a> <a href="/greek/570.htm" title="570: apistias (N-GFS) -- Unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust. From apistos; faithlessness, i.e. disbelief, or unfaithfulness.">of unbelief</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/868.htm" title="868: apostēnai (V-ANA) -- From apo and histemi; to remove, i.e. instigate to revolt; usually to desist, desert, etc.">that turns away</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/2198.htm" title="2198: zōntos (V-PPA-GMS) -- To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.">the living</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a> The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? <a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Matthew 24:12</a> Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/james/1-8.htm">James 1:8</a> He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a> I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. <a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20-21</a> That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. / For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-12.htm">1 Corinthians 10:12</a> So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20-22</a> If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. / It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. / Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.” <a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a> For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” <a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8-11</a> do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. / For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18-19</a> Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, / because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. <a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31-32</a> So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. / Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice. <a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.Take.<a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Hebrews 2:1-3</a> Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip… <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Hebrews 12:15</a> Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;<a href="/matthew/24-4.htm">Matthew 24:4</a> And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.an.<a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10</a> Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.<a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21</a> And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a> For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.in.<a href="/hebrews/10-38.htm">Hebrews 10:38</a> Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.<a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Hebrews 12:25</a> See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:<a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14</a> Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.the.<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a> For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_timothy/4-15.htm">Beware</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-6.htm">Care</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Chance</a> <a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Departing</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-10.htm">Ever-Living</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">Falls</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-3.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/titus/2-10.htm">Manifesting</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/acts/21-38.htm">Revolt</a> <a href="/titus/3-11.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/titus/2-12.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">Unbelief</a> <a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Unbelieving</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Beware</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Care</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-17.htm">Chance</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm">Departing</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-20.htm">Ever-Living</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Falls</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-9.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/titus/2-10.htm">Manifesting</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Perhaps</a> <a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Revolt</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Unbelief</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Unbelieving</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-18.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 3</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Christ is more worthy than Moses;</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">therefore if we believe not in him, we shall be more worthy punishment than hardhearted Israel.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>See to it, brothers, This phrase serves as a direct exhortation to the recipients of the letter, who are identified as "brothers," indicating a familial relationship among believers. The term "brothers" suggests a shared faith and community, emphasizing the collective responsibility of believers to watch over one another. This communal aspect is consistent with the early Christian church's emphasis on mutual support and accountability, as seen in <a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42-47</a>.that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief The warning against a "wicked heart of unbelief" highlights the spiritual danger of turning away from faith. In biblical terms, the heart is often seen as the center of one's being, encompassing thoughts, emotions, and will. Unbelief is considered wicked because it represents a rejection of God's truth and promises. This echoes the warning given to the Israelites in the wilderness, who, despite witnessing God's miracles, failed to trust Him (<a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a>). The heart's condition is crucial, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a>, which advises guarding the heart diligently.that turns away from the living God. Turning away from the "living God" implies a deliberate departure from a relationship with God, who is active and present. The term "living God" contrasts with idols, which are lifeless and powerless (<a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Jeremiah 10:10</a>). This phrase underscores the seriousness of apostasy, as it involves abandoning the source of life and truth. The historical context of Hebrews suggests that some Jewish Christians were tempted to revert to Judaism to avoid persecution, thus turning away from the new covenant established through Christ. This warning is a call to remain steadfast in faith, as seen in the exhortation to hold firmly to the hope professed (<a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes with authority and deep understanding of Jewish traditions and the supremacy of Christ. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_recipients.htm">The Recipients</a> Jewish Christians who were familiar with the Old Testament and were facing persecution and temptation to revert to Judaism. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_living_god.htm">The Living God</a> A term used to emphasize God's active and dynamic presence, contrasting with lifeless idols. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_generation.htm">The Wilderness Generation</a> The Israelites who wandered in the desert for 40 years due to their unbelief and disobedience, serving as a warning example. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_heart.htm">The Heart</a> In biblical terms, the heart is the center of human will, emotions, and intellect, often used to describe one's spiritual state.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_unbelief.htm">Guard Against Unbelief</a> Vigilance is necessary to prevent a heart of unbelief. Regular self-examination and prayer can help maintain faithfulness. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> The use of "brothers" suggests a communal responsibility. Encourage and support one another in faith to prevent spiritual drift. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_turning_away.htm">The Danger of Turning Away</a> Apostasy, or turning away from God, is a real danger. Stay rooted in Scripture and fellowship to remain steadfast. <a href="/topical/t/the_living_god.htm">The Living God</a> Remember that God is active and present. Cultivate a relationship with Him through prayer and worship. <a href="/topical/h/heart_examination.htm">Heart Examination</a> Regularly assess the state of your heart. Are there areas of doubt or disobedience that need addressing?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 3</a> <a href="/q/what_happens_if_you_abandon_faith.htm">What are the consequences of turning away from faith?</a> <a href="/q/what_constitutes_the_sin_of_unbelief.htm">What constitutes the sin of unbelief?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_unbelief.htm">What does the Bible say about unbelief?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_react_to_a_leader's_renouncement.htm">How should we respond to a Christian leader's renouncement?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Lest there be in any of you.--Better, lest haply there shall be in any one of you. (See above, on <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm" title="Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice,">Hebrews 3:7</a>.)In departing.--Better, in falling away from a Living God. The heart of unbelief will manifest its evil in apostasy. The Greek word apistia stands in direct contrast to "faithful" (pistos), <a href="/hebrews/3-2.htm" title="Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.">Hebrews 3:2</a>, and combines the ideas of "unbelief" and "faithlessness." He whose words they have heard is a living God, ever watchful in warning and entreaty (<a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm" title="Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:">Hebrews 3:8</a>), but also in the sure punishment of the faithless (<a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm" title="So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)">Hebrews 3:11</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-31.htm" title="It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.">Hebrews 10:31</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Take heed (literally, see), brethren, lest haply there should be (literally, shall be) in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God. Here begins definitely the hortatory application of the warning of the ninety-fifth psalm. Its drift, to the end of the chapter, is: You, being called under the SON to a far higher position than your fathers under Moses were, but the retention of your position being, as theirs was, conditional on your faithfulness, see that you do not forfeit it, as some of you may be in danger of doing. That you may, if you are not careful, is shown by the very warning of the psalm, and by the example of your fathers, referred to in the psalm, all of whom, though called, failed of attainment through unbelief. It is implied all along that the "today" of the psalm includes the present day of grace, and points to a truer rest than that of Canaan, still offered to the faithful. But the full bringing out of this thought is reserved for the next chapter. On the language of ver. 12 we observe: (1) The same form of warning, βλέπετε μὴ, occurs infra <a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12</a>:25, but then, suitably to the context, followed by a subjunctive. Here the future indicative which follows, μήποτε ἔσται, denotes a fact in the future, distinctly apprehended as possible (cf. <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a>). It had not ensued as yet, nor does the writer anticipate the probability of its being the case with all his readers; but in the state of feeling with regard to the gospel among the Hebrew Christians which the whole Epistle was intended to counteract, he sees ground for fearing it in the case of some. Their present wavering might result in apostasy. (2) It is not necessary to analyze the expression," an evil heart of unbelief," so as to settle whether the evil heart is regarded as the result of unbelief, or unbelief of the evil heart; the main point to be observed is that unbelief is connected with moral culpability, as is implied further in ver. 13. The unbelief so condemned in Holy Scripture is not mere intellectual incapacity; it is condemned only so far as man is responsible for it on account of his own willful perversity or carelessness. (3) The outcome of such "evil heart of unbelief," if allowed to become fixed and permanent, will be apostasy (ἀπόστηναι: cf. <a href="/luke/8-13.htm">Luke 8:13</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a>) from "the living God," from him who is Eternal Life and the Source of all life and salvation. The thought of the momentous consequence of the falling away of Christians after light enjoyed is prominent in the Epistle (see especially <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4</a>, etc.; Hebrews 10:26, etc.). The expression," the living God," further directs attention to the revelation of God in the Old Testament, in which he is continually so designated, and to the thought that it is the same God who has revealed himself finally in the SON. Addressing Hebrew Christians, the writer may mean to say," In apostatizing from Christ you would be cutting yourselves off from the God of your whole ancestral faith." There may be an intended allusion, too, to the oath, already referred to, of <a href="/numbers/14-21.htm">Numbers 14:21, 28</a>, the form of which in the original is," As I live" (ζῶ ἐγὼ λέγει Κύριος, LXX.). <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/3-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>See to it, Βλέπετε (Blepete) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_991.htm">Strong's 991: </a> (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at. brothers, ἀδελφοί (adelphoi) Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_80.htm">Strong's 80: </a> A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. [that] ποτε (pote) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_4219.htm">Strong's 4219: </a> When, at what time. From the base of pou and te; interrogative adverb, at what time. [none] τινι (tini) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. of you ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. has ἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. a wicked πονηρὰ (ponēra) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4190.htm">Strong's 4190: </a> Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. heart καρδία (kardia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. of unbelief ἀπιστίας (apistias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_570.htm">Strong's 570: </a> Unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust. From apistos; faithlessness, i.e. disbelief, or unfaithfulness. that turns away ἀποστῆναι (apostēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_868.htm">Strong's 868: </a> From apo and histemi; to remove, i.e. instigate to revolt; usually to desist, desert, etc. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [the] living ζῶντος (zōntos) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2198.htm">Strong's 2198: </a> To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live. God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 3:12 Beware brothers lest perhaps there be (Heb. He. 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