Hebrews 3:19

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

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

In Context

18And who were they to whom God swore that they should not enter upon his rest, if not those who had proved faithless?

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Cross References

John 3:18The person who believes in him escapes condemnation, while the person who does not believe in him is already condemned, because they have not believed in the only Son of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:12so that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the truth, but delight in wickedness.

Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you – but you already know it all – that, though the Lord delivered the people from Egypt, yet he afterward destroyed those who refused to believe in him;

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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