Hebrews 4:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.”
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BSBPD
“There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Hebrews 4:9 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 16:30So the people rested on the seventh day.
- Psalms 47:9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
- Isaiah 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- Isaiah 57:2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
- Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Hebrews 4:1Therefore, 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.
- Hebrews 4:3Now 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.
- Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
- 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Revelation 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
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