Hebrews 3:7–19

A Warning Against Unbelief

⁷The Holy Spirit says,

“Listen to his voice today.

⁸If you hear it, don’t be stubborn.

You were stubborn when you opposed me.

You did that when you were put to the test in the desert.

⁹There your people of long ago put me to the test.

For 40 years they saw what I did.

¹⁰That is why I was angry with them.

I said, ‘Their hearts are always going down the wrong path.

They have not known my ways.’

¹¹So in my anger I took an oath.

I said, ‘They will never enjoy the rest I planned for them.’ ”

¹²Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God. ¹³But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks.

¹⁴We belong to Christ if we hold firmly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold to it until the end. ¹⁵It has just been said,

“Listen to his voice today.

If you hear it, don’t be stubborn.

You were stubborn when you opposed me.”

¹⁶Who were those who heard and refused to obey? Weren’t they all the people Moses led out of Egypt? ¹⁷Who was God angry with for 40 years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned? They died in the desert. ¹⁸What people did God promise with an oath that they would never enjoy the rest he planned for them? Wasn’t it those who didn’t obey?

¹⁹So we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.