Hebrews 4:7
again God fixed a day. ‘Today,’ he said, speaking after a long interval through the mouth of David, in the passage already quoted – ‘If today you hear God’s voice harden not your hearts.’
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In Context
8Now if Joshua had given ‘rest’ to the people, God would not have spoken of another and later day.
Cross References
Matthew 22:43“How is it, then,” Jesus replied, “that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him ‘lord,’ in the passage –
Luke 20:42For David, in the book of Psalms, says himself – ‘The Lord said to my lord: Sit at my right hand,
Acts 2:31and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that he had not been abandoned to Hades, nor had his body undergone corruption.
Acts 28:25So, as they disagreed among themselves, they began to disperse, Paul adding only – “True, indeed, was the declaration made by the Holy Spirit, through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors –
Hebrews 3:15To use the words of scripture – ‘If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts, as when Israel provoked me.’
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:2-11
Gospel Privileges; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of… Read the whole commentary →