Hebrews 4:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

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  • Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; 30 For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.
  • Acts 26:19 : 19 So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
  • Heb 3:18-4:1 : 18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders? 19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief. 1 Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;
  • Col 3:6 : 6 Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;
  • Rom 11:30-32 : 30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away, 31 So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy. 32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
  • Matt 11:12 : 12 And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.
  • Luke 16:16 : 16 The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

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    1Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

    2And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

    3For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

    4For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

    5And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

    6So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

    7After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,

    8For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.

    9So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

    10For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

    19So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.

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    11And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

    12My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

    13But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

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    11And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

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    12So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

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    12So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

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    14Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

    15Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

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    1For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

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    12To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

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    16Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

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    28Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

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    9For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

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    7And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,

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    4Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

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    6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

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    9And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

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    30So the people took their rest on the seventh day.

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    10For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

    11For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

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    39But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

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