Hebrews 4:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

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  • Heb 3:18-19 : 18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders? 19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.
  • Heb 4:2 : 2 And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
  • Num 14:12 : 12 I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.
  • Num 14:31 : 31 And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
  • Matt 21:43 : 43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
  • Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. 10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
  • Luke 14:21-24 : 21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body. 22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room. 23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full. 24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
  • Acts 13:46-47 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 28:28 : 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
  • 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 3:15-19
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    85%

    15As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.

    16Who made him angry when his voice came to them? was it not all those who came out of Egypt with Moses?

    17And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

    18And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

    19So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.

  • Heb 4:1-5
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    84%

    1Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

    2And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

    3For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

    4For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

    5And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

  • Heb 4:7-11
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    7After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,

    8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.

    9So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

    10For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

    11Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

  • Heb 3:10-12
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    10So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

    11And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

    12My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

  • Heb 3:7-8
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    7And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,

    8Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,

  • Ps 95:11
    73%

    11And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

  • Heb 11:39-40
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    39And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

    40Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

  • Heb 6:4-6
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    4As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

    5With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

    6And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

  • Heb 2:1-3
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    71%

    1For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

    2Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;

    3What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

  • Rom 10:16
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    16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

  • Heb 6:12
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    12So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

  • Num 14:22-23
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    22Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

    23They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.

  • Heb 10:36
    69%

    36For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

  • Heb 9:8
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    8The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

  • Heb 12:25
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    25See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

  • Heb 8:7
    69%

    7For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

  • Rom 3:3
    69%

    3And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

  • Rom 15:21
    69%

    21But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

  • Heb 10:26
    69%

    26For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

  • Jude 1:5
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    5Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;

  • Rom 11:30
    69%

    30For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

  • Heb 5:11
    69%

    11Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

  • Isa 28:12
    69%

    12To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

  • Heb 6:17
    69%

    17So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

  • Heb 12:17
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    17For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

  • Heb 11:6
    68%

    6And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

  • Num 32:11
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    11Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;

  • Ps 106:24
    68%

    24They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;

  • Heb 11:13
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    13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.