17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the [a]weary are at (A)rest.

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  1. Job 3:17 Lit. weary of strength

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying [a]to me, “Write: (A)‘Blessed are the dead (B)who die in the Lord from now on.’ ”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, (C)“that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow (D)them.”

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  1. Revelation 14:13 NU, M omit to me

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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There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

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Israel’s Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
(A)Merciful men are taken away,
(B)While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil.
He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in (C)their beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.

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  1. Isaiah 57:1 Lit. the face of evil

16 Will they go down (A)to the gates of [a]Sheol?
Shall we have (B)rest together in the dust?”

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  1. Job 17:16 The abode of the dead

13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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(A)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with [a]tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled (B)rest with us when (C)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 affliction

Jesus Teaches the Fear of God(A)

(B)“And I say to you, (C)My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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28 (A)And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather (B)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in [a]hell.

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  1. Matthew 10:28 Gr. Gehenna

Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah
I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.”

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(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, (A)tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—

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