Hebrews 4:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby the many be defiled;
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
  • Rom 3:3-4 : 3 For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.
  • Heb 4:3-5 : 3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he hath said somewhere of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works; 5 and in this [place] again, They shall not enter into my rest.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them] . 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
  • Heb 3:11 : 11 As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
  • Luke 13:25-30 : 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are; 26 then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets; 27 and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without. 29 And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.
  • Matt 24:48-25:3 : 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; 50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
  • Num 14:34 : 34 After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 4:2-11
    10 verses
    87%

    2For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard.

    3For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

    4For he hath said somewhere of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

    5and in this [place] again, They shall not enter into my rest.

    6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

    7he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

    8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

    9There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.

    10For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

    11Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

  • Heb 3:11-15
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    77%

    11As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

    12Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

    13but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:

    14for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

    15while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

  • Heb 3:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?

    19And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

  • Heb 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them] .

    2For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

    3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

  • Heb 10:31
    74%

    31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
    72%

    12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

  • Heb 12:14-15
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    72%

    14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

    15looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby the many be defiled;

  • Heb 4:16
    71%

    16Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.

  • Heb 3:7
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    7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

  • 2 Cor 7:1
    71%

    1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • Ps 95:11
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    11Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

  • Heb 12:28
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    28Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

  • Deut 12:9
    71%

    9for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    70%

    11And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

    12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • Heb 10:23-25
    3 verses
    70%

    23let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

    24and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

    25not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting [one another] ; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

  • Heb 4:14
    70%

    14Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

  • Heb 11:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

    40God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

  • Gal 4:11
    69%

    11I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

  • Heb 10:27
    69%

    27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

  • Heb 13:6
    68%

    6So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?

  • Josh 22:24
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    24and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

  • 1 Thess 5:6
    68%

    6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

  • Deut 1:29
    68%

    29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

  • Heb 12:25
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

  • Heb 10:19
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    19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,