Hebrews 4:9
So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
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- 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
- Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them. 16 They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun: 17 For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
- Rev 21:4 : 4 And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
- Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory. 20 Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.
- Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
- Heb 3:11 : 11 And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.
- Heb 4:1 : 1 Let 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.
- Heb 4:3 : 3 For 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.
- Heb 11:25 : 25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;
- Matt 1:21 : 21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
- Ps 47:9 : 9 The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.
- Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
- Isa 57:2 : 2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
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- Heb 4:10-112 verses87%
10 For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.
11 Because 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 4:3-86 verses85%
3 For 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.
4 For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;
5 And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.
6 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,
7 After 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,
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.
- Exod 16:29-302 verses79%
29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people took their rest on the seventh day.
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1 Let 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.
- Gen 2:2-32 verses76%
2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
- Deut 12:9-102 verses74%
9 For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
10 But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;
- Exod 31:16-172 verses73%
16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.
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17 There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
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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?
- Lev 26:34-352 verses73%
34 Then will the land take pleasure in its Sabbaths while it is waste and you are living in the land of your haters; then will the land have rest.
35 All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.
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12 To 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.
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11 And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.
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21 Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.
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25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
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2 The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
- Exod 20:8-114 verses70%
8 Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.
9 On six days do all your work:
10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
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14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
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11 And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
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27 And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.
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3 On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.
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18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.
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3 And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,
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28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
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7 All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.
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14 And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.
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8 Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength.
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12 For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.
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40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
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30 So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.
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36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
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4 But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.
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4 And now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.
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31 It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.
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2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
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13 But you, go on your way and take your rest: for you will be in your place at the end of the days.
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13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.