Hebrews 4:4-9

A Rest for the People of God

4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: q "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

5 And again in this passage he said,
r "They shall not enter my rest."

6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news s failed to enter because of disobedience,

7 again he appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,
t "Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts."

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God 1 would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
    Exodus 20:11
    For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
    Exodus 31:17
    It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
  3. Cross References
    Hebrews 4:3
    For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 95:11
    Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest.
  5. Cross References
    Hebrews 3:19
    So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
  6. Cross References
    Hebrews 3:7 - 8
    Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 95:7 - 8
    For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice.
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