Hebrews 3:11

So it is as I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!”

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In The King James Version

So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

In Context

10For this reason, I was enraged against this generation, and I said: They always wander astray in heart. For they have not known my ways.

12Be cautious, brothers, lest perhaps there may be, in any of you, an evil heart of unbelief, turning aside from the living God.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:25For the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys. Tomorrow, move the camp and return into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea.”

Numbers 14:35For just as I have spoken, so shall I do, to this entire most wicked multitude, which has risen up together against me. In the wilderness, here shall it fade away and die.”

Deuteronomy 1:34And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, becoming angry, he swore and said:

Psalms 95:11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved.

Hebrews 4:3For we who have believed shall enter into rest, in the same manner as he said: “So it is as I have sworn in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!” And certainly, this is when the works from the foundation of the world have been finished.

Hebrews 4:9And so, there remains a Sabbath of rest for the people of God.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 3:8-19

Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you… Read the whole commentary →

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