¹² Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

⁵ Thus says the Lord:

^24 (A)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but ^(B)followed^[a] the counsels and the ^[b]dictates of their evil hearts, and ^(C)went^[c] backward and not forward.

God’s Warning Rejected

¹² And they said, ^(A)“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one ^[a]obey the ^(B)dictates^[b] of his evil heart.”

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

Hear the Heavenly Voice

²⁵ See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For ^(A)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,

¹⁵ looking carefully lest anyone ^(A)fall short of the grace of God; lest any ^(B)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;