¹² Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from ^(A)the living God.

^24 (A)But they did not obey or incline their ear, ^(B)but walked in their own counsels and ^(C)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and ^(D)went backward and not forward.

¹² “But they say, ^(A)‘That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to ^(B)the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

²⁵ See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For ^(A)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

^8 (A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, ^(B)but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all ^(C)the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”

¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^(B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

¹² Therefore ^(A)let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.