Hebrews 3:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

Here the apostle proceeds in pressing upon them serious counsels and cautions to the close of the chapter; and he recites a passage out of Ps. 95:7; where observe, I. What he counsels them to do?to give a speedy and present attention to the call of Christ. ?Hear his voice, assent to, approve of, and consider, what God in Christ speaks unto you; apply it to yourselves with suitable affections and endeavours, and set about it this very day, for to-morrow it may be too late.? II. What he cautions... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 3:7-19

3:7-19 So then, as the Holy Spirit says, "If today you will hear my voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the Provocation, as happened on the day of the Temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tried to test me, and, in consequence, experienced for forty years what I could do. So my anger was kindled against that generation, and I said, 'Always they wander in their hearts; they do not know my ways.' So I swore in my anger, 'Very certainly they shall not enter in to my rest.'" Have a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:19

So we see that they could not enter in ,.... To God's rest, the land of Canaan, for they died by the plague before the Lord, and their carcasses fell in the wilderness, before they came to it, Numbers 14:37 and the reason was, because of unbelief ; their distrust of God, his power, and his providence; this instance is produced by the apostle, to show the evil nature of unbelief, and the sad effects of it; to deter persons from it, and that they might take heed of encouraging it; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:19

So we see that they could not enter in - It was no decree of God that prevented them, it was no want of necessary strength to enable them, it was through no deficiency of Divine counsel to instruct them; all these they had in abundance: but they chose to sin, and would not believe. Unbelief produced disobedience, and disobedience produced hardness of heart and blindness of mind; and all these drew down the judgments of God, and wrath came upon them to the uttermost. This whole chapter, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:1-19

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

Beware of unbelief. Eminent and honored though Moses had been, the generation of Hebrews whom he led out of Egypt became unbelieving and disobedient, and were in consequence overtaken by a dreadful doom. So the writer of this Epistle, realizing the strong temptations to relapse into Judaism which beset the Hebrew Christians, warns them against the still more dreadful consequences of apostasy from discipleship to Jesus Christ. I. A BESETTING SPIRITUAL DANGER . It is that of losing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

The comparison of Christ and Moses suggests the possibility of apostasy from Christ. As Christ and Moses occupied similar positions as leaders of the household of God, and Israel was faithless under the leadership of Moses, and came to ruin as the result, so it is possible that, under the leadership of Christ, there may be the same infidelity and the same bitter end. I. THE FEAR OF APOSTASY FROM CHRIST . This solemn exhortation is written to professing Christians; and such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:15-19

As redemption from Egypt did not protect Israel from punishment, so misbelief in Christians will be visited with the Divine displeasure and final failure. The sacred writer refers us to the psalm from which he had drawn such affecting exhortations to steadfastness in the spiritual life, and now advances to enforce the lessons of earnestness by a series of weighty inquiries derived from the overthrow of many Israelites in the desert. The ideas resemble those of Paul, who in 1 Corinthians... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:16-19

For who, when they heard, provoked? Nay, did net all those who came out of Egypt by Moses . That both these clauses are interrogative, and not as taken in the A.V. , is now the prevalent view. The reasons for thus understanding them are read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:19

The dread disability. "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." Our text— I. REFUTES SEVERAL ASSIGNED REASONS FOR MAN 'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN SALVATION . If any one does not enter the spiritual rest which God has graciously provided for man, it is: 1. Not by reason of anything in the purposes or predestinations of God. His purposes are the purposes of a Being of perfect righteousness, and of infinite wisdom and love. He could not ordain an... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 3:7-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:7-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:16-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 3:19

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