Hebrews 4:2

American Standard Version (1901)

For 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 Seeing 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,
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him] ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
  • Heb 3:18-19 : 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient? 19 And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
  • 2 Thess 2:12-13 : 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
  • Rom 2:25 : 25 For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
  • Rom 10:16-17 : 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
  • Gal 4:13 : 13 but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 4:5-6
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    5 and in this [place] again, They shall not enter into my rest.

    6 Seeing 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,

  • Heb 4:1
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    1 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.

  • Rom 10:16-18
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    16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

    17 So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

    18 But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

  • Heb 4:3
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    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.

  • Heb 11:39-40
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    73%

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

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

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?

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

  • Heb 2:1-3
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    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 4:10-11
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    10 For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

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

  • Rom 10:14
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    14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

  • Rom 15:21
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    21 but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.

  • Heb 11:2
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    2 For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3 For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

  • Jas 2:14
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    14 What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4 but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
    69%

    14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging [them] in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

  • Jas 2:17
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    17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

  • Rom 4:14
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    14 For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

  • Mark 4:17
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    17 and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

  • Heb 6:4-5
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    4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

    5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

  • 2 Cor 4:3
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    3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:

  • Heb 13:9
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    9 Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

  • 2 Cor 4:13
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    13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;

  • 1 Thess 2:13
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    13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

  • Isa 28:12
    68%

    12 to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

  • Mark 4:12
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    12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

  • Gal 3:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

    5 He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • Matt 13:14
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    14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

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

  • Acts 14:7
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    7 and there they preached the gospel.

  • Heb 3:15
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    15 while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

  • Heb 3:12
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    12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

  • 2 Cor 10:14
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    14 For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

  • Heb 5:11
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    11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Rom 11:30
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    30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

  • Acts 28:26
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    26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

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