Entering God's rest

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• Matthew 11:28

  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

• Hebrews 4:1–16

  Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. …

• Hebrews 4:1

  Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

• Psalms 95:1–11

  O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. …

• Hebrews 4:3

  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

• Hebrews 3:19

  So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

• Hebrews 4:8

  For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

• Psalms 95:7–11

  For 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, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. …

• Hebrews 3:1–19

  Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. …

• Exodus 33:14

  And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

• Deuteronomy 28:1–68

  And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. …

• Hebrews 4:11

  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

• Matthew 11:28–30

  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

• Hebrews 4:10

  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

• Hebrews 3:11

  So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

• Hebrews 4:6

  Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

• Psalms 46:10

  Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

• Hebrews 4:4

  For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

• Genesis 2:1–3

  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

• Luke 16:16

  The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

• Jeremiah 6:16

  Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

• Isaiah 26:3

  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.