1 We Must Enter the RestTherefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,
Hebrews 4:1 Cross References - ISV
Numbers 14:34
34 Just as you explored the land for 40 days, you’ll bear the consequences of your iniquities for 40 years—one year for each day—as you experience my hostility.
1 Samuel 2:30
30 “Therefore, the LORD God of Israel has declared, ‘I did, in fact, say that your family and your ancestor’s family would walk before me forever,’ but now the LORD declares, ‘Far be it from me! The one who honors me I’ll honor, and the one who despises me is to be treated with contempt.
Proverbs 14:16
16 The wise person fears and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and overconfident.
Proverbs 28:14
14 Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into disaster.
Jeremiah 32:40
40 I’ll make an everlasting covenant with them that I won’t turn away from doing good for them. I’ll put the fear of me in their hearts so they won’t turn away from me.
Matthew 7:21-23
21 I Never Knew You
“Not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn’t we?’
23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!’”
Matthew 7:26-27
Matthew 24:48-25:3
48 “But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master has been delayed,’
Luke 12:45-46
45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time to come back,’ and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn’t expect him and at an hour that he doesn’t know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.
Luke 13:25-30
25 After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’
26 Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
27 But he will tell you, ‘I don’t know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!’
28 In that place there will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.
29 People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.
30 You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.
Romans 3:3-4
Romans 3:23
23 since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God’s glory.
Romans 11:20
20 That’s right! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you remain only because of faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid!
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
1 Corinthians 10:12
12 Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn’t fall.
2 Timothy 2:13
13 Our faith may fail, his never wanes— That’s who he is, he cannot change!
Hebrews 2:1-3
1 We Must Not Neglect Our SalvationFor this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,
2 because if the message spoken by angels was reliable, and every violation and act of disobedience received its just punishment,
3 how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
Hebrews 3:11
11 So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest.”
Hebrews 4:3-5
3 We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, “So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest,” even though his actions had been finished since the creation of the world.
4 Somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his actions,”
5 and again in this passage, “They will never enter my rest.”
Hebrews 4:9
9 There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep,
Hebrews 4:11
11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.
Hebrews 12:15
15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.
Hebrews 12:25
25 See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!
Hebrews 13:7
7 Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God’s word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith.