20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Sabbath and Rest

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Kgs 8:56 — Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his
• 1Pet 1:20 — Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• Eph 1:4 — According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
• Exod 31:17 — It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
• Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
• Heb 3:11 — So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
• Heb 3:11 — So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
• Heb 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
• Heb 4:9 — There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
• Heb 4:10 — For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
• Heb 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• Heb 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• Isa 14:24 — The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
• Isa 28:12 — To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
• Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
• Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Matt 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• Matt 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Ps 95:11 — Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
• Ps 95:11 — Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
• Rom 5:1 — Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: