Hebrews 4:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.”
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“Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 4:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:34In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
- Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
- Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
- Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
- Luke 12:45But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
- Romans 3:3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
- Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
- 1 Corinthians 9:26Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
- 1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
- 2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
- Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
- Hebrews 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- Hebrews 12:15See 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.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
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