{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/hebrews/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:32:21.717Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Hebrews","bookSlug":"hebrews","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hebrews 4 (ASV)","markdown":"[Hebrews 4](https://primebible.com/asv/hebrews/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/hebrews/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}