Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- KJV Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
- NKJV Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice,
- NASB Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice,
- NLT That is why the Holy Spirit says, “Today when you hear his voice,
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Quick answer
The Holy Spirit warns through Scripture: 'Today, if you hear his voice.' God's call demands a present, responsive hearing.
Overview
Quoting Psalm 95:7, the author attributes the Scripture directly to the Holy Spirit, affirming its divine authorship. The word 'today' presses the urgency of responding to God now. This opens an extended exhortation drawn from Israel's wilderness failure, applied to the readers' own situation.
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Cross-references · 25
- Ps 95:7–11For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Heb 3:15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- Heb 4:7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
- John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Ps 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
- Heb 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- 2 Cor 6:1–2As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Ps 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Matt 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- Isa 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- John 5:25Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
- Eccl 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- 2 Pet 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Sam 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- Heb 9:8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- Prov 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Matt 22:43Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
- Acts 28:25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
- Mark 12:36Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
- Jas 4:13–15Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
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