Hebrews 3:10
Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they didn’t know my ways.’
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9where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.
11As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”
Cross References
Genesis 6:6The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
Psalms 67:2That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation amongst all nations,
Psalms 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Psalms 147:20He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
Hosea 4:12My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
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 →