Thematic Bible
Hebrews 3:1 (show verse)
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider the Apostle and High Priest whom we confessed [as ours when we accepted Him as Savior], namely, Jesus;
Hebrews 3:2 (show verse)
He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house.
Hebrews 3:3 (show verse)
Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.
Hebrews 3:4 (show verse)
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
Hebrews 3:5 (show verse)
Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God’s house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ];
Hebrews 3:6 (show verse)
but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father’s] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
Hebrews 3:7 (show verse)
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today if you hear His voice,
Hebrews 3:8 (show verse)
Do not harden your hearts as [your fathers did] in the rebellion [of Israel at
On the day of testing in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:9 (show verse)
Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance],
And saw My works for forty years
[And found I stood their test].
Hebrews 3:10 (show verse)
“Therefore I was angered with this generation,
And I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]’;
Hebrews 3:11 (show verse)
So I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].’”
Hebrews 3:12 (show verse)
Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 (show verse)
But continually encourage one another every day, as long as it is called “Today” [and there is an opportunity], so that none of you will be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [its cleverness, delusive glamour, and sophistication].
Hebrews 3:14 (show verse)
For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,
Hebrews 3:15 (show verse)
while it is said,
“Today [while there is still opportunity] if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your heart, as when they provoked Me [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah].”
Do not harden your heart, as when they provoked Me [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah].”
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Hebrews 3:16 (show verse)
For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?
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Hebrews 3:17 (show verse)
And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?
Hebrews 3:18 (show verse)
And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?
Hebrews 3:19 (show verse)
So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest—the promised land] because of unbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God.