Hebrews 4:2
And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
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Hebrews 4:2
And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
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Hebrews 4:1
Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
Hebrews 4:2
And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
Hebrews 4:3
For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
Hebrews 4:4
For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;
Hebrews 4:5
And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.
Hebrews 4:6
So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,
Hebrews 4:7
After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,
Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.
Hebrews 4:9
So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
Malachi 3:13
Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
Exodus 33:14
And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.
Psalms 95:11
And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 4:11
Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
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Hebrews 3:16
Who made him angry when his voice came to them? was it not all those who came out of Egypt with Moses?
Hebrews 3:17
And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?
Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?
Hebrews 3:19
So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.
Hebrews 3:12
My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
Psalms 106:24
They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
Psalms 78:22
Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.
Numbers 14:11
And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?
Deuteronomy 1:32
But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,
Deuteronomy 2:15
For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead.
Deuteronomy 9:23
And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take the land which I have given you; you went against the orders of the Lord your God, and had no faith in him, and would not give ear to his voice.
Matthew 13:58
And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.
Jude 1:5
Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Hebrews 4:14
Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.
Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
1 Peter 2:2
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
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Galatians 3:8
And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.
1 Peter 1:12
And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.
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Romans 10:16
But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?
Romans 10:17
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Acts 28:24
And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.
Romans 3:3
And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
Galatians 3:2
Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 5:6
Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.
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1 Corinthians 12:24
But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;
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John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
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Exodus 14:12
Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
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Leviticus 27:34
These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.
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John 3:20
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
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Luke 7:50
And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.
Luke 17:19
And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.
Luke 18:42
And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.
Acts 14:9
This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
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Romans 2:25
It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.
1 Corinthians 13:3
And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
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Hebrews 1:1
In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;
Hebrews 2:2
Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;
Hebrews 10:25
Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
Hebrews 12:25
See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
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