37 Bible Verses about Rest, Spiritual

Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation. Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days! Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.read more.
For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?

My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me. And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,read more.
Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.

Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him. Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.'

and He saith, 'My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God is my soul silent, From Him is my salvation. Only -- He is my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,' For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.read more.
With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth. Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day, Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon, There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh. But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest, (For Thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation. Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent, For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot. On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident. Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah is a rock of ages,

'Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself -- having made peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own. May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me. Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul. Israel doth wait on Jehovah, From henceforth, and unto the age!

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: 'In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.

And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness -- Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age. And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.

Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where is this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, 'We do not go.'

Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah. And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

'Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

for the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;

but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away! Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!

And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire. There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!

Unto whom He hath said, 'This is the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this -- the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,