37 Bible Verses about Rest, Spiritual

But thou, O LORD, that remainest for evermore, and thy seat, world without end: Wherefore wilt thou still forget us, and forsake us so long? O LORD, turn thou us unto thee: and so shall we be turned. Renew our days as in old time,read more.
for thou hast now banished us long enough, and hast been sore displeased at us.

My heart is heavy within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and a horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. And I said, "O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I flee away, and be at rest.read more.
Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would make haste to escape from the stormy wind and tempest."

{Tet} O how good is the LORD unto them that put their trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh after him? O how good is it, with stillness, to wait and tarry for the health of the LORD?

for kings, and for all that are in authority that we may live a quiet and a peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.

Come unto me all ye that labor, and are laden, and I will ease you. Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek, and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

And he said, "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest."

He feedeth me in a green pasture, and leadeth me forth beside the waters of comfort.

O give me the comfort of thy help again, and establish me with thy free spirit.

{To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation. He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

Whoso dwelleth under the defense of the most high, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust." For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.read more.
He shall defend thee under his wings, that thou mayest be safe under his feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy righthand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the ungodly. For thou, LORD, art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defense very high. There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt go upon the Lion and Adder, the young Lion and the Dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.

And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in hand: shall provide for peace, even the peace that men hope for in thee. Hope still in the LORD, for in the LORD God is everlasting strength.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your hearts be grieved, neither fear ye.

Because therefore that we are justified by faith we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace be with you and peace from God the father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

But the fruit of the spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance.

and by him to reconcile all things unto himself, and to set at peace by him through the blood of his cross both things in heaven and things in earth.

There remaineth therefore yet a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest doth cease from his own works, as God did from his. Let us study therefore to enter into that rest; lest any man fall, after the same example, into unbelief:

And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

Hold thee still in the LORD, and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyself at one that hath prosperity, and liveth in abomination.

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD hath given thee thy desire.

Great is the peace that they have which love thy law, and they are not offended at it.

{A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever.

{A song of the stairs} LORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks. I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me. But I refrain my soul and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother; Yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. O Israel, trust in the LORD, from this time forth for evermore.

He that feareth men, shall have a fall; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall come to honour.

For the LORD God, even the holy one of Israel, hath promised this: "In repentance and in rest shall ye be safe; in quietness and hope shall your strength lie."

And the reward of righteousness shall be peace; and her fruit, rest and quietness forever. And my people shall dwell in the inns of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is enough in them all.

The LORD shall ever be thy guide, and satisfy the desire of thine heart, and fill thy bones with marrow. Thou shalt be like a fresh watered garden, and like the fountain of water, that never leaveth running.

Thus sayeth the LORD, "Go into the streets, consider and make inquisition for the old way: and if it be the good and right way, then go therein, that ye may find rest for your souls. But they say, 'We will not walk therein.'

O Blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is himself. For he shall be as a tree, that is planted by the waterside: which spreadeth out the root unto moistness, whom the heat cannot harm, when it cometh, but his leaves are green. And though there grow but little fruit because of drought yet is he not careful, but he never leaveth off to bring forth fruit.

And he said unto his disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled: believe in God, and believe in me.

To be carnally minded is death; But to be spiritually minded is life, and peace:

but let the hid man of the heart be uncorrupt, with a meek and a quiet spirit, which spirit is, before God, a thing much set by.

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him; he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away, and the desire of the ungodly shall perish.

As for the ungodly, they have no peace, sayeth the LORD.

But the wicked are like the raging sea, that cannot rest; whose water foameth with the mire and gravel. Even so the wicked have no peace, sayeth my God.

"This shall bring rest, if one refresh the weary, yea this shall bring rest." But they had no will to hear.