Hebrews 3:19
So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
In Context
18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Cross References
John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
2 Thessalonians 2:12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
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 →