Hebrews 1:11

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“They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.”

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BSBPD

“They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall become old,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 1:11 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
  2. Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
  3. Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
  4. Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
  5. Isaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
  6. Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  7. Isaiah 50:9Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
  8. Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  9. Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
  10. Isaiah 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  11. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  12. Mark 13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  13. Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  14. Hebrews 12:27The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
  15. 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  16. Revelation 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
  17. Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
  18. Revelation 2:8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
  19. Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
  20. Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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