57 Bible Verses about Rest

because the one who enters God's rest has himself rested from his own actions, just as God did from his.

We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest,"

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

The LORD gave them peace all around them, just as he had promised their ancestors. Not one of their enemies was able to oppose them the LORD placed all of their enemies under their control.

For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.

But now the LORD has given me rest all around, since I have neither foreign adversaries nor domestic crises.

My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.

You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.

and give him no rest until he prepares, establishes and makes Jerusalem a song of praise throughout the earth.

"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.

You'll be secure, because there is hope; you'll see that you're at rest and safe.

But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land a Sabbath for the LORD. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard.

"But there is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.

He said, "My presence will go with you, and I'll give you rest."

By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done.

For this is what the LORD GOD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest you will be saved; in staying calm and trusting will be your strength. But you refused.

There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep,

Return to your resting place, my soul, for the LORD treated you generously.

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

for you haven't arrived yet to your allotted place that the LORD your God is about to give you.

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on God's power.

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

or let myself go to sleep or even take a nap,

and he told them, "This is what the LORD said: "Tomorrow is a Sabbath observance, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and put aside whatever remains to be kept for yourselves until morning.'"

It's a Sabbath of rest for you on which you are to humble yourselves starting the evening of the ninth day of the month. You are to observe your Sabbath from evening to evening."

This is what the LORD says: "The people who survived the sword, found favor in the desert while Israel was seeking rest.

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, because I desire to do so.

Work may be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does work on the Sabbath is certainly to die.

The entire earth is at rest and peace; its inhabitants break into song.

"Get up and go, because there's no rest for you here! Since everything is polluted, it can only cause destruction, even heavy destruction.

to whom he said, "This is the resting place, so give rest to the weary"' and, "This is the place of repose" - but they would not listen.

In that place, the wicked stop causing trouble, and there, those whose strength is exhausted are at rest.

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.'

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day.

Naomi replied, "Be patient, my daughter, until you learn how this works out, because the man won't rest until he finishes everything today."

This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house that you would build for me, and where will my resting place be?

It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.

I will not be at ease; I will not be quiet; I will not rest; because trouble has arrived."

I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?

"A little sleep! A little slumber! A little folding of my hands to rest!"

Six days you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work. It's a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.

Then they reported to the angel of the LORD who stood among the myrtle trees, "We have wandered throughout the earth and look! the entire earth is at rest. Everything is quiet and peaceful."

"You have shed a lot of blood and fought great battles. You won't be building a house for my name, since you have shed so much blood on the earth in my sight. But look! A son born to you will live comfortably, because I will give him rest from all his enemies that surround him on every side, since his name will be "Solomon" - I will give peace and quiet for Israel during his lifetime.

It's better to have one handful of tranquility than to have two handfuls of trouble and to chase after the wind.

until the LORD gives relief to your relatives, as he did to you. Then they'll take the land that the LORD your God is giving them as their inheritance. You'll return to the land of your heritage and receive the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan River, in the direction of the sunrise."

If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.

but you are to let it rest the seventh year, leaving it unplanted. The poor of your people may eat from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. You are to do the same with your vineyards and olive groves.