Hebrews 4:1
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The Promise of Rest
4 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, (A)let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 looking carefully lest anyone (A)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (B)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
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Proverbs 28:14
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14 Happy is the man who is always reverent,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Hebrews 4:11
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The Word Discovers Our Condition
11 (A)Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.
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Hebrews 4:9
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9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
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Hebrews 4:3-5
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3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
(A)“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: (B)“And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; 5 and again in this place: (C)“They shall not enter My rest.”
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Hebrews 13:7
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Concluding Religious Directions
7 Remember those who [a]rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
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- Hebrews 13:7 lead
Hebrews 3:11
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11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
2 Timothy 2:13
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13 If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He (A)cannot deny Himself.
Romans 3:3-4
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3 For what if (A)some did not believe? (B)Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? 4 (C)Certainly not! Indeed, let (D)God be [a]true but (E)every man a liar. As it is written:
(F)“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
Footnotes
- Romans 3:4 Found true
Hebrews 2:1-3
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Do Not Neglect Salvation
2 Therefore we must give [a]the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word (A)spoken through angels proved steadfast, and (B)every transgression and disobedience received a just [b]reward, 3 (C)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, (D)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was (E)confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
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- Hebrews 2:1 all the more careful attention
- Hebrews 2:2 retribution or penalty
Romans 3:23
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23 for (A)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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Matthew 7:26-27
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26 “But 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.”
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Hebrews 12:25
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Hear the Heavenly Voice
25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (A)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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1 Corinthians 10:12
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12 Therefore (A)let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
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1 Corinthians 9:26-27
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26 Therefore I run thus: (A)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 (B)But I discipline my body and (C)bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become (D)disqualified.
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Romans 11:20
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20 Well said. Because of (A)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
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Luke 13:25-30
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25 (A)When once the Master of the house has risen up and (B)shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, (C)‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, (D)‘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 (E)But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. (F)Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 (G)There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, (H)when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 (I)And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
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Luke 12:45-46
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45 (A)But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a (B)day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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Matthew 7:21-23
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I Never Knew You(A)
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, (B)‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who (C)does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we (D)not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And (E)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (F)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
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Jeremiah 32:40
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40 And (A)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (B)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.
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1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: (A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: (B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and (C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
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Matthew 24:48-25:3
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48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master (A)is delaying [a]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 (B)not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. (C)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet (D)the bridegroom. 2 (E)Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
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- Matthew 24:48 NU omits his coming
Proverbs 14:16
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16 (A)A wise man fears and departs from evil,
But a fool rages and is self-confident.
Numbers 14:34
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34 (A)According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, (B)forty days, for each day you shall bear your [a]guilt one year, namely forty years, (C)and you shall know My [b]rejection.
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- Numbers 14:34 iniquity
- Numbers 14:34 opposition
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