Hebrews 12:25 (GNV)

Passage

See that ye despise not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh from heauen.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:23 And to the assemblie and congregation of the first borne, which are written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirits of iust and perfite men,

Hebrews 12:24 And to Iesus the Mediatour of the new Testament, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel.

Hebrews 12:25 See that ye despise not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh from heauen.

Hebrews 12:26 Whose voyce then shooke the earth and nowe hath declared, saying, Yet once more will I shake, not the earth onely, but also heauen.

Hebrews 12:27 And this worde, Yet once more, signifieth the remouing of those things which are shaken, as of things which are made with hands, that the things which are not shaken, may remaine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "despise", "speaketh", "escaped", "refused", "spake", "earth", "much", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "despise" 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 Iesus the Mediatour of the..." into verse 26's "Whose voyce then shooke the earth and...", so "despise" 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 "despise" and "speaketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.