Hebrews 12:9

WEB

⁹Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

KJV

⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

BSB

⁹Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

FBV

⁹For if we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we even more be subject to the discipline of our spiritual Father which leads to life?

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Extra References

Numbers 16:22

²²They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

Numbers 27:16

¹⁶“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Isaiah 42:5

⁵God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:

John 3:6

⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Job 12:10

¹⁰in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Zechariah 12:1

¹A revelation of the LORD’s word concerning Israel: The LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

Exodus 20:12

¹²“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Isaiah 38:16

¹⁶Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live.

Isaiah 57:16

¹⁶For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.

James 4:7

⁷Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.