Hebrews 4:9

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

Cross-references

Hebrews 4:1 Parallel

Hebrews 4:1 warns about failing to enter God's rest; verse 9 affirms that a Sabbath rest still remains for God's people.

Hebrews 4:3 Parallel

Hebrews 4:3 states believers enter that rest; verse 9 reaffirms a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.

Hebrews 4:6 Parallel

Hebrews 4:6 states that the rest remains for those who believe — Hebrews 4:9 then affirms that a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.

Hebrews 3:11 quotes God's oath that the disobedient would not enter his rest, contrasting with the rest that remains for believers in verse 9.

Hebrews 13:14 Related theme

Hebrews 13:14 points to a future city — similar to the future rest in Hebrews 4:9, both anticipate the believer's eternal inheritance.

Revelation 7:14-17 shows saints serving God in his presence with no more tears — the ultimate fulfillment of the Sabbath-rest.

Revelation 21:4 describes the new creation where death and pain are gone, directly portraying the rest promised in Hebrews.

Exodus 16:30 records the literal seventh-day rest from gathering manna — the OT shadow of the eternal rest in Hebrews.

Exodus 31:15 commands the Sabbath as holy with death for violators — the OT law that typologically points to the rest in Hebrews.

In Exodus 33:14, God promises Moses personal rest through His presence — a type of the Sabbath rest that remains for believers.

Deuteronomy 12:9 refers to the Promised Land rest not yet attained, which Hebrews declares still remains for God's people.

In Joshua 21:44, God gave Israel rest from enemies — a partial fulfillment pointing to the complete rest awaiting God's people.

Isaiah 32:18 prophesies a future peaceful rest for God's people, echoing the rest that remains in Hebrews.

2 Thessalonians 1:7 promises rest at Christ's revelation — the same eschatological rest that Hebrews 4:9 anticipates for God's people.

Revelation 14:13 promises rest from labors for believers who die in the Lord — directly echoes the Sabbath rest for God's people in Hebrews 4:9.

Joshua 11:23 describes the land resting from war after conquest — an incomplete type of the eternal rest Hebrews promises.