Bible verse
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
Hebrews 12:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hebrews 12.
12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
20 For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
KJV
Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
ASV
lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
ERV
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
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