Hebrews 3:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?”
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“And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 3:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Numbers 14:23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Numbers 14:30Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 20:12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
- Deuteronomy 1:26But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 1:34When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
- Deuteronomy 9:23And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
- Psalms 106:24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Hebrews 4:2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
- Hebrews 4:6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).