Hebrews 3:9

“When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.”

"When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years." - Hebrews 3:9
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What does Hebrews 3:9 mean?

Hebrews 3:9 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years." In order to fully understand the meaning and significance of this verse, it is important to first examine the context in which it appears. The Book…

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Lessons from the Wilderness: Trusting God's Faithfulness

When reflecting upon Hebrews 3:9, which states, "When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years," we are drawn into a profound truth that invites us to explore the condition of our hearts in relation to God’s faithfulness through the trials of life. The…

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A Prayer of Reflection and Commitment

Heavenly Father, As I come before You in humble adoration, I pause to reflect on the depth of truth contained in Hebrews 3:9: "When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years." I stand in awe of Thou hast been faithful throughout generations, guiding and…

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Hebrews 6:3 - "And this will we do, if God permit."
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Hebrews 9:27 - "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"
Hebrews 9:9 - "Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;"
Hebrews 3:8 - "Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:"
Hebrews 3:19 - "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief."
Hebrews 9:13 - "For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:"
Hebrews 9:20 - "Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you."
Hebrews 9:21 - "Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry."
Hebrews 9:17 - "For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth."
Hebrews 9:2 - "For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary."
Hebrews 9:1 - "Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary."
Hebrews 9:22 - "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."
Hebrews 3:18 - "And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?"
Hebrews 3:11 - "So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)"
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Hebrews 6:9 - "But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak."
Hebrews 3:7 - "Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,"
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