Hebrews 4:1

Since the promise of entering God's rest still stands, believers should fear lest any fall short of it. The danger of missing the rest remains a present concern.

Cross-references · 24

• Heb 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
• Prov 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
• Heb 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
• Heb 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
• 1 Cor 9:26–27Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
• 1 Cor 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
• Heb 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
• Rom 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
• Heb 4:3–5Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
• Rom 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
• 2 Tim 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• Num 14:34In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
• Heb 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Jer 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
• Matt 7:26–27But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
• Matt 7:21–23Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
• Heb 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
• Rom 3:3–4What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
• Heb 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
• Prov 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
• Luke 12:45–46But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
• 1 Sam 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
• Luke 13:25–30After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
• Matt 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

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