Hebrews 3:11

3:11 “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹ 

Hebrews 4:5

4:5 but to repeat the text cited earlier: ²  “They will never enter my rest!”

Hebrews 4:8

4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God ³  would not have spoken afterward about another day.

Hebrews 6:14

6:14 saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.” ⁴ 

Hebrews 7:15

7:15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Hebrews 8:7

8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. ⁵ 

Hebrews 11:15

11:15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ⁶  proved to be so firm that every violation ⁷  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 3:18

3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

Hebrews 6:9

6:9 But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

Hebrews 8:4

8:4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ⁸  the gifts prescribed by the law.

Hebrews 12:8

12:8 But if you do not experience discipline, ⁹  something all sons ¹⁰  have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

Hebrews 9:13

9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity, ¹¹ 

Hebrews 4:3

4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹²  And yet God’s works ¹³  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 7:11

Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek

7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis ¹⁴  the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Hebrews 12:25

12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

[3:11]  ¹ tn Grk “if they shall enter my rest,” a Hebrew idiom expressing an oath that something will certainly not happen.

[4:5]  ² tn Grk “and in this again.”

[4:8]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply you,” the Greek form of a Hebrew idiom showing intensity.

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “no occasion for a second one would have been sought.”

[2:2]  ⁶ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[8:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “there are those who offer.”

[12:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “you are without discipline.”

[12:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.

[9:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “for the purifying of the flesh.” The “flesh” here is symbolic of outward or ritual purity in contrast to inner purity, that of the conscience (cf. Heb 9:9).

[4:3]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

[4:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “based on it.”