Hebrews 12:25 (DRB)

Passage

See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:23 And to the church of the firstborn who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

Hebrews 12:26 Whose voice then moved the earth; but now he promiseth, saying: Yet once more: and I will move, not only the earth, but heaven also.

Hebrews 12:27 And in that he saith: Yet once more, he signifieth the translation of the moveable things as made, that those things may remain which are immoveable.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "refuse", "speaketh", "escaped", "refused", "spoke", "upon", "earth", and "much". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "refuse" and "speaketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And to Jesus the mediator of the..." into verse 26's "Whose voice then moved the earth but...", so "refuse" and "speaketh" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "refuse" and "speaketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.