Hebrews 4:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let us therefore fear, lest, while a promise of entering into his rest remains, any of you should seem to have come short of it.

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  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.
  • Rom 3:3-4 : 3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? 4 Certainly not: indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, 'That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.'
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 4:3-5 : 3 For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, "As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest:" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all his works." 5 And in this place again, "They shall not enter into my rest."
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember those who have the rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 Therefore I run, not with uncertainty; thus I fight, not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore we ought to give 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 steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
  • Heb 3:11 : 11 So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.
  • Matt 7:21-23 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and cast out devils in your name, and done many wonderful works in your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice iniquity.'
  • Matt 7:26-27 : 26 And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk; 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
  • Luke 13:25-30 : 25 When once the master of the house has arisen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from: 26 Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets. 27 But he will say, I tell you, I do not know you, where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they will come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.
  • Matt 24:48-25:3 : 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming, 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who 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 you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my breach of promise.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

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    2For unto us the gospel was preached, as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

    3For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, "As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest:" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

    4For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all his works."

    5And in this place again, "They shall not enter into my rest."

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

    7Again, he designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after so long a time, as it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

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

    9There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

    10For he who has entered into his rest has also ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

    11Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.

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    11So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.

    12Beware, brothers and sisters, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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

    14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;

    15While it is said, Today if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not believe?

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

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

    3How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;

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

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    12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

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    14Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

    15Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

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    16Let 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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    7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear His voice,

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    1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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

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    28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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    9For you have not yet come to the rest and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

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

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    39And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

    40God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

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    11I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

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

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    17And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;

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    27But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.

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

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

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

  • Deut 1:29
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    29Then I said to you, Do not be terrified, nor be afraid of them.

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    36For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

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    25See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:

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    8Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

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    19Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus,