Hebrews 3:18

And who were they to whom God swore that they should not enter upon his rest, if not those who had proved faithless?

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

In Context

17And with whom was it that God was sorely vexed for forty years? Was not it with those who had sinned, and who fell dead in the desert?

19We see, then, that they failed to enter upon it because of their want of faith.

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Cross References

Hebrews 3:11While in my wrath I swore – “They will never enter upon my rest.”’

Hebrews 4:6Since, then, there is still a promise that some will enter upon this rest, and since those who were first told the good news did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,

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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