57 Bible Verses about Rest

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

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.

'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.

My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

"There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

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

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

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence." You refused,

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you.

that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"

It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."

Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

"This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.

Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

to whom he said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not hear.

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

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

Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day."

Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes."

I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

"'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace."

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

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.'"

If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.

but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.