37 Bible Verses about Rest, Spiritual
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You, Lord, are enthroned forever;
Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Why have You forgotten us forever,
abandoned us for our entire lives?
Lord, restore us to Yourself, so we may return;
renew our days as in former times,
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unless You have completely rejected us
and are intensely angry with us.
My heart shudders within me;
terrors of death sweep over me.
Fear and trembling grip me;
horror has overwhelmed me.
I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.
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How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.Selah
I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm.”
ט TetThe Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the person who seeks Him.
It is good to wait quietly
for deliverance from the Lord.
for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I am at rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from Him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.
The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.” He Himself will deliver you from the hunter’s net,
from the destructive plague.
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He will cover you with His feathers;
you will take refuge under His wings.
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.
You will not fear the terror of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,
the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.
Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.
You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,
the Most High—your dwelling place,
no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.
For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.
They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the young lion and the serpent.
You will keep the mind that is dependent on You
in perfect peace,
for it is trusting in You.
Trust in the Lord forever,
because in Yah, the Lord, is an everlasting rock!
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
and through Him to reconcile
everything to Himself
by making peace
through the blood of His cross—
whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His. Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him;
do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,
by the man who carries out evil plans.
Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.
A song of ascents.Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
A Davidic song of ascents.Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.
Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child. Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.
The fear of man is a snare,
but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.
For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“You will be delivered by returning and resting;
your strength will lie in quiet confidence.
But you are not willing.”
The result of righteousness will be peace;
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.
Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,
in safe and secure dwellings.
The Lord will always lead you,
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
This is what the Lord says:
Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”
The man who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.
He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.
“Your heart must not be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.
For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.
Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.
The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment,
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.
The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.
There is no peace for the wicked,”
says my God.
He had said to them:
“This is the place of rest,
let the weary rest;
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.
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From Thematic Bible
Rest, spiritual » Lost by stubbornness
“This is the place of rest,
let the weary rest;
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.
“You will be delivered by returning and resting;
your strength will lie in quiet confidence.
But you are not willing.”
Rest, spiritual » True response found in God
When the Lord gives you rest from your pain,
for the Lord has been good to you.
Rest, spiritual » The divine presence gives
Rest, spiritual » Eternal
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”
Rest, spiritual » Found in Christ's service
Rest, spiritual » Appropriated by faith
(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what
they will not enter My rest.
And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world,