Hebrews 4:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

With Jesus as our high priest, we can feel free to come before God’s throne where there is grace. There we receive mercy and kindness to help us when we need it.

Cross References

Ephesians 3:12

In Christ we come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this because of our faith in Christ.

Hebrews 7:25

So Christ can save those who come to God through him. Christ can do this forever, because he always lives and is ready to help people when they come before God.

Hebrews 13:6

So we can feel sure and say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. People can do nothing to me.” Psalm 118:6

1 Peter 2:10

In the past you were not a special people, but now you are God’s people. Once you had not received mercy, but now God has given you his mercy.

Ephesians 2:18

Yes, through Christ we all have the right to come to the Father in one Spirit.

Hebrews 7:19

The Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with that hope we can come near to God.

Leviticus 16:2

The Lord said, “Talk to your brother Aaron. Tell him that he cannot go behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place anytime he wants to. The mercy-cover is in the room behind that curtain on top of the Holy Box, and I appear in a cloud over that mercy-cover. If Aaron goes into that room, he will die!

Hebrews 9:5

Above the Box were the Cherub angels that showed God’s glory. These Cherub angels were over the place of mercy. But we cannot say everything about this now.

Isaiah 27:11

The vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or be kind to them.

1 Chronicles 28:11

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for building the Temple. They included plans for the porch around the Temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper rooms, its inside rooms, and the room for the mercy-cover.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful in ruling God’s house as the Son. And we are God’s house, if we remain confident of the great hope we are glad to say we have.