Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
- BSB Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you 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, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Heb 3:15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
- Heb 4:7Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
- John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- Ps 81:13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
- Heb 3:13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- 2 Cor 6:1–2We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
- Ps 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- Matt 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- John 10:3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
- Isa 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- John 5:25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
- John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- Eccl 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- 2 Pet 1:21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
- 2 Sam 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
- Heb 9:8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
- Prov 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Matt 22:43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
- Acts 28:25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
- Mark 12:36For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Jas 4:13–15Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
- Acts 1:16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
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