Hebrews 4:1

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them. They shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. You shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

They will inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;

It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.

But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’ ”

See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in few words.

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.