A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool is easily angered and is careless.
Hebrews 4:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware that none of you be found to have fallen short. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEREFORE, WHILE the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered [today], let us be afraid [to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of [reaching] it. American Standard Version (1901) Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. Common English Bible Therefore, since the promise that we can enter into rest is still open, let’s be careful so that none of you will appear to miss it. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, we should be afraid, lest the promise of entering into his rest may be relinquished, and some of you may be judged to be lacking. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let us fear therefore lest the promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting. |
A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool is easily angered and is careless.
Happy is the one who is always reverent, but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
‘I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they will never again turn away from me.
You will bear the consequences of your iniquities for forty years based on the number of the forty days that you scouted the land, a year for each day. , You will know my displeasure.
But if that wicked servant says in his heart, “My master is delayed,”
True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but beware, ,
Working together with him, we also appeal to you, ‘Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.’
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.
See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.
Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
‘Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: “I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me for ever. But now,” this is the Lord’s declaration, “no longer! For those who honour me I will honour, but those who despise me will be disgraced.