Psalm 106:24
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24 The people refused to enter the pleasant land,
for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.
Hebrews 3:18-19
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18 And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him? 19 So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.
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Ezekiel 20:6
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6 I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them—a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.
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Deuteronomy 1:32
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32 “But even after all he did, you refused to trust the Lord your God,
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Numbers 14:31
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31 “‘You said your children would be carried off as plunder. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.
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Hebrews 4:6
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6 So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.
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Jude 5
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5 So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus[a] first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.
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- 5 Other manuscripts read [the] Lord, or God, or God Christ.
Hebrews 12:16
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16 Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.
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Hebrews 4:2
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2 For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God.[a]
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- 4:2 Some manuscripts read they didn’t combine what they heard with faith.
Hebrews 3:12
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12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters.[a] Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.
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- 3:12 Greek brothers.
Matthew 22:5
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5 But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.
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Jeremiah 3:19
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19 “I thought to myself,
‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’
I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land—
the finest possession in the world.
I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’
and I wanted you never to turn from me.
Deuteronomy 8:7-9
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7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills. 8 It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey. 9 It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.
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Deuteronomy 11:11-12
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11 Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain— 12 a land that the Lord your God cares for. He watches over it through each season of the year!
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Deuteronomy 9:23
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23 And at Kadesh-barnea the Lord sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.
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Numbers 14:11
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11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?
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Genesis 25:34
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34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
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Hebrews 4:14
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Christ Is Our High Priest
14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
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Numbers 13:32
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32 So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge.
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