Hebrews 3:11

So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter 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

10That generation made me angry and so I said, ‘They're always mistaken in what they think, and they don't know me or what I'm doing.’

12Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has an evil mindset that's given up trusting in the God of life.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:25Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, tomorrow you are to turn around and head back into the desert, taking the route towards the Red Sea.”

Numbers 14:35I, the Lord, have spoken! Just see if I won't do this to all these wicked Israelites who have worked together to oppose me! They will end their lives in the desert—they will die there.’”

Deuteronomy 1:34When the Lord heard what you were saying, he got angry and swore an oath:

Psalms 95:11So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They will certainly not enter my rest.’”

Hebrews 4:3However, those of us who trust in God have entered into that rest God mentioned when he said, “In my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’” (This is so even though God's plans were already complete when he created the world.)

Hebrews 4:9So a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.

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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