53 Bible Verses about Rest
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For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.
For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.
Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.
And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.
For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.
And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.
Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.
And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;
But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.
There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.
Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.
And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.
And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.
Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.
The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.
All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.
Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.
Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.
The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.
And the man who was between the mountains, answering, said to the angel of the Lord, We have gone up and down through the earth, and all the earth is quiet and at rest.
But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
Till the Lord has given your brothers rest, as he has given it to you, and they have taken their heritage in the land which the Lord your God is giving them: then you will go back to the land of your heritage which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the east side of Jordan.
And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.
But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. Do the same with your vine-gardens and your olive-trees.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » Gifts of » Rest
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
the Death of saints » Leads to » Rest
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
Endowments » Seven gifts of Christ to believers » Rest
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Gifts » Seven gifts of Christ to believers » Rest
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Rest
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Rest » The annual feasts, added rest days
And on the tenth day of this seventh month there will be a holy meeting; keep yourselves from pleasure, and do no sort of work;
And on that day you may do no sort of work, for it is a day of taking away sin, to make you clean before the Lord your God.
In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a holy meeting; on it you may do no field-work; let the day be marked by the blowing of horns;
And on the same day, let it be given out that there will be a holy meeting for you: you may do no field-work on that day: it is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living
On the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:
Rest » Recommended by jesus
And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food. And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.
And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.
Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
Rest » Spiritual
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so. And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers. For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world. read more.
For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day; And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest. So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders, After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day. So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God. For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his. Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
Rest » Days of
For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.
Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.
Rest » Heavenly
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
the Reward of saints » Described as » Rest
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
Seven » Gifts of Christ » Rest
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Spiritual » Rest » Lost by stubbornness
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.
Spiritual » Rest » True response found in God
And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,
Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
Spiritual » Rest » Found in Christ's service
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Spiritual » Rest » Appropriated by faith
For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
Spiritual » Rest » Vainly sought in escape from trouble
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
Topics on Rest
Coming To Rest
Mark 6:31And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.
Lying Down To Rest
Psalm 4:8I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.
Rest, Eternal
Hebrews 4:3-4For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
Rest, Physical
John 4:6Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
Rest, Spiritual
Lamentations 5:19-22You, O Lord, are seated as King for ever; the seat of your power is eternal.
Work, And Rest
Exodus 20:11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
