Heb 4:3
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. {that...: Heb. if they enter into my rest}
Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, {it was} very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. {And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.}
To whom he said, This {is} the rest {wherewith} ye may cause the weary to rest; and this {is} the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) {They...: Gr. If they shall enter}
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where {is} the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk {therein}.
For {in} six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them {is}, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. {that...: Heb. if they enter into my rest}
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God {did} from his.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, {so} shall it stand:
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. {rest: or, keeping of a sabbath}
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) {They...: Gr. If they shall enter}
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left {us} of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Blessed {be} the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. {failed: Heb. fallen}
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
It {is} a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for {in} six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given {them}, flowing with milk and honey, which {is} the glory of all lands;
And in this {place} again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: {Surely...: Heb. If they see the land}
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
It {shall be} unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth {day} of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. {celebrate: Heb. rest}
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.