57 Bible Verses about Rest

For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own.

For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from the foundation of the world.

Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah: whoever does work on it shall be put to death.

But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.

and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in ploughing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.

There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.

Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.

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

And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be your strength; but ye would not.

There remains then a sabbatism to the people of God.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a little. For those coming and those going were many, and they had not leisure even to eat.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has said: To-morrow is the rest, the holy sabbath, of Jehovah: bake what ye will bake, and cook what ye will cook; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over, to be kept for the morning.

A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

Thus saith Jehovah: The people that were left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, even Israel, when I go to give him rest.

This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah: whoever doeth work on the sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.

The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.

to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding any he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.

For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.

Then she said, Be still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day.

Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest?

It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; no manner of work shall ye do: it is the sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sitteth still and is at rest.

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and in his days I will give peace and quietness unto Israel.

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

until Jehovah give your brethren rest as to you, and they also take possession of the land which Jehovah your God giveth them; then shall ye return into the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sun-rising.

And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat of it; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.