Hebrews 4:1

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Therefore, let us be cautious lest any of you seem to have fallen short of the promise of entering His rest.

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  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See 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.
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Blessed is the one who fears always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.
  • Rom 3:3-4 : 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.
  • Heb 4:3-5 : 3 For we who have believed are entering that rest, just as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,'" even though His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4 For somewhere He has said this about the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works." 5 And again, in the same passage, "They shall not enter My rest."
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 Therefore, I run with purpose in every step; I fight not like someone beating the air. 27 Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 So then, let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore, we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first declared by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
  • Heb 3:11 : 11 So I swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter my rest.'
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?' 23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
  • Luke 13:25-30 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.' 26 'Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 'But he will reply, 'I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!' 28 There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from the east, west, north, and south, and they will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.
  • Matt 24:48-25:3 : 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant; I will never turn away from doing good to them. I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
  • Num 14:34 : 34 For forty days you explored the land; now, for each day, you will bear your guilt for a year—forty years—and you will know my opposition.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

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  • Heb 4:2-11
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    2For we have also received the good news, just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith in those who heard it.

    3For we who have believed are entering that rest, just as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest,'" even though His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

    4For somewhere He has said this about the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works."

    5And again, in the same passage, "They shall not enter My rest."

    6Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience,

    7He again appoints a certain day—'Today'—saying through David after such a long time, as it was previously stated: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."

    8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

    9Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

    10For the one who has entered His rest has also rested from his own works, just as God did from His.

    11Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.

  • Heb 3:11-15
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    11So I swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter my rest.'

    12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

    13But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

    14For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold firmly to the beginning of our confidence steadfast until the end.

    15As it is said: 'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.'

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed?

    19So we see that they were not able to enter because of their unbelief.

  • Heb 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Therefore, we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

    2For if the message spoken through angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,

    3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first declared by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

  • Heb 10:31
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    31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12So then, let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

  • Heb 12:14-15
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    14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

    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.

  • Heb 4:16
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    16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

  • Heb 3:7
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    7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice,

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.

  • Ps 95:11
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    11So I swore in My anger, 'They shall not enter My rest.'

  • Heb 12:28
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    28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

  • Deut 12:9
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    9For you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • Heb 10:23-25
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    23Let us hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

    24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

    25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus, the Son of God—let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

  • Heb 11:39-40
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    39And all of these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised.

    40Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

  • Gal 4:11
    69%

    11I fear for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been in vain.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40So beware that what is spoken of in the prophets does not come upon you:

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17If you call upon the Father, who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, live your lives in reverent fear during the time of your temporary residence here.

  • Heb 10:27
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    27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

  • Heb 13:6
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    6So we can confidently say: 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'

  • Josh 22:24
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    24We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’

  • 1 Thess 5:6
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    6So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

  • Deut 1:29
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    29Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified or afraid of them.'

  • Heb 10:36
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    36You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

  • Heb 12:25
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    25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

  • Heb 10:19
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    19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,