Hebrews 4:9

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This shows that the seventh-day rest for God’s people is still to come.

Cross References

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.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.”

Isaiah 11:10

At that time there will be someone special from Jesse’s family. He will be like a flag that all the nations gather around. The nations will come to him and ask him what they should do. And the place where he is will be filled with glory.

Hebrews 4:3

Only we who believe it are able to enter God’s place of rest. As God said, “I was angry and made a promise: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” Psalm 95:11 But God’s work was finished from the time he made the world.

Hebrews 4:1

And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

Hebrews 3:11

So I was angry and made a promise: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” Psalm 95:7-11

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son. You will name him Jesus. Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”

Isaiah 57:2

But peace will come too, and those who trust him will get to rest in their own beds.

Psalm 47:9

The leaders of the nations have come together with the people of the God of Abraham. All the rulers of the world belong to God. He is over them all!

Hebrews 4:8

We know that Joshua did not lead the people into the place of rest that God promised. We know this because God spoke later about another day for rest.

Hebrews 4:10

God rested after he finished his work. So everyone who enters God’s place of rest will also have rest from their own work just as God did.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven. It said, “Write this: From now on there are great blessings for those who belong to the Lord when they die.” The Spirit says, “Yes, that is true. They will rest from their hard work. What they have done will stay with them.”

Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the Sabbath.