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Time after Pentecost · Proper 23 · Year B

Hebrews 3:12-19

Do Not Harden Your Hearts

October 10, 2027

The Adoration of the Golden Calf, Nicolas Poussin
The Adoration of the Golden Calf, Nicolas Poussin, c. 1634National Gallery, London
Poussin gives the dancers a real circling rhythm, derived from classical reliefs, so the idolatry looks like a party. Moses is a tiny figure in the top corner, about to break the tablets.The reading is this scene, and Poussin makes the central point visually: everyone is enjoying themselves and nobody has noticed Moses.Nicolas PoussinA French painter who lived almost entirely in Rome, building his compositions from wax figures in a box, and became the model of classical order.National Gallery, LondonFounded in 1824 by buying one banker's collection, and deliberately placed in Trafalgar Square so that people from every part of London could walk to it.National Gallery, London
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 10:17-22Mk 10:17-22
EpistleHeb. 3:12-19Heb 3:12-19
Old TestamentAmos 5:6-7, 10-15Am 5:6-7, 10-15
PsalterPs. 90:12-17Ps 90:12-17

Overview & Insights

"Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart." (Hebrews 3:12)

The writer warns believers not to fall away through unbelief like the wilderness generation that never entered God's rest. He urges them to exhort one another daily so that no one is hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Hebrews 3Enduring Word: Heb 3 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Hebrews 3 ResourcesPrecept Austin: Heb 3 Resources Precept Austin

Study hub gathering many commentators verse by verse on Hebrews 3.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Hebrews 3:12BibleHub: Commentaries on Heb 3:12 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the warning against unbelief.

StudyLight: Hebrews 3 CommentariesStudyLight: Heb 3 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Hebrews 3 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Hebrews OverviewBibleProject: Heb Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the themes and structure of Hebrews.

BibleHub: Hebrews 3 InterlinearBibleHub: Heb 3 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Hebrews 3Catena: Heb 3 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Hebrews 3.

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