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Hebrews · Chapter 4

Hebrews 4

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The Sabbath Rest

(Genesis 2:1–3; Exodus 16:22–30)

1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.*

3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said:“So I swore on oath in My anger,‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.*

4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”*

5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”*

8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

The Living Word

(2 Timothy 3:10–17)

12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Source notes

  1. 4:2 Literally not having been united in the faith of those who heard
  2. 4:3 Psalms 95:11; also in verse 5 Read Psalms 95:11
  3. 4:4 Genesis 2:2 Read Genesis 2:2
  4. 4:7 Psalms 95:7–8 Read Psalms 95:7

Old Testament references

References from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Text from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 95:11

So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Genesis 2:2

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Psalms 95:7

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Numbers 14:34

In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

Isaiah 28:12

to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Genesis 1:31

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Genesis 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

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