Hebrews 4:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

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  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to 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 did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 4:3-5 : 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 ¶ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];
  • Heb 3:11 : 11 So 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 which is in heaven.› 22 ‹Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful 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 sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:› 27 ‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.›
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 ‹But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;› 46 ‹The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.›
  • 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, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:› 26 ‹Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.› 27 ‹But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all› [ye] ‹workers of iniquity.› 28 ‹There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you› [yourselves] ‹thrust out.› 29 ‹And they shall come from the east, and› [from] ‹the west, and from the north, and› [from] ‹the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.› 30 ‹And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.›
  • Matt 24:48-25:3 : 48 ‹But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;› 49 ‹And shall begin to smite› [his] ‹fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;› 50 ‹The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and in an hour that he is not aware of,› 51 ‹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint› [him] ‹his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.› 1 ¶ ‹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.› 2 ‹And five of them were wise, and five› [were] ‹foolish.› 3 ‹They that› [were] ‹foolish took their lamps, and 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 them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Num 14:34 : 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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    2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it].

    3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

    4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

    5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest.

    6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

    7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

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

    9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

    10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.

    11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

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

    12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

    13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

    14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

    15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

  • 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 believed not?

    19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

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    1 ¶ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.

    2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

    3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];

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

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

  • Heb 12:14-15
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    14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

    15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;

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    16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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    11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

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    28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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    9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

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    12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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    23 Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)

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

    25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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    14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.

  • Heb 11:39-40
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    39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

    40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

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    11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

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    40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

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

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    27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

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    6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  • Josh 22:24
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    24 And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

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    6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

  • Deut 1:29
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    29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

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    36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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

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

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    19 ¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

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