43 Bible Verses about Restlessness
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This is what Jehovah said about Damascus: The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.
The king was upset the next morning. So he called his magicians and wise men and told them what he had dreamed. None of them could tell him what the dreams meant.
It is better to have a little with respect for Jehovah than great treasure and trouble.
It was the second year of his reign. He was troubled and could not sleep. Nebuchadnezzar had dreams and was disturbed by them.
The king went to his palace and did not eat. He refused musical entertainment and he could not sleep. He arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
I go to bed and I think: When will it be morning? But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn. My skin is clothed with worms and scabs. My flesh breaks open filled with pus.
Be merciful to me, Jehovah, for I am faint. O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are in agony. I am in anguish. How long, O Jehovah, how long? Return, O Jehovah, and deliver me. Save me because of your unfailing love.read more.
No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave? I am worn out from groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long. Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength drained in the summer heat.
No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear. My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.read more.
I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in sadness. My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body. I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart is filling with anguish. You know all my desires, O Jehovah. My groaning has not been hidden from you. My heart pounds. I have lost my strength. In my blindness the light of my eyes has left me.
Until morning came, I thought you would crush my bones just like a hungry lion; both night and day you make an end of me. I cry like a swallow (swift). I mourn like a dove. My eyes are red from looking to you, Jehovah. I am terribly abused. Please come and help me.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. They found no city to live in. Hungry and thirsty, they fainted within.
Naomi said: Wait until you find out what happened. The man will not rest till he sees this thing through.
You will live by your sword. You will serve your brother. Soon you will become restless and break his yoke from your neck.
He was living in the tombs. No man was able to bind him even with a chain. Often he was bound in chains and iron bands but he would break them. No man was strong enough to keep him still. Day and night in the tombs and in the mountains he cried out. He would cut himself with stones.
The spirit seized him many times. For this reason he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the deserts. Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man!
When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it passes through the desert seeking rest. It does not find it.
When an unclean spirit leaves a man it passes through desolate places. It seeks rest and finds none. It says, 'I will return from where I came.'
But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. My God has said: There is no peace for the wicked.
There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
They wander around to find food. If they are not full enough, they will stay all night.
There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.
This is what Jehovah says about these people: They love to wander. They do not keep their feet where they belong. Therefore Jehovah is not happy with them. He will remember their crimes and punish their sins.
My people have become lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains. They have gone along from mountain to hill and have forgotten their resting place.
O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Turn away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from opposition and from false knowledge. Some have professed this knowledge and erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.
But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full of deadly poison.
The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.
You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair. Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death. Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning.
Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer (vagabond) on the earth. Cain said to Jehovah: My punishment is more than I can bear.read more.
You are driving me from the land today. I will be hidden from your presence. I will be a restless (homeless) wanderer on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.
He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.
Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.
Get away! Unclean! They were cried out to them, Away! Away! Let no one touch. They went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.
They will wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east. They will run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and will not find it.
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie. They have told false dreams! They comfort in vain. They go their way like sheep. They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.
([Psalm of David]) I wait silently for my God. My salvation comes from him.
You will keep the steadfast mind in perfect peace, because he trusts (hopes) in you.
The Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, says: Return to me and be saved. You can have rest. You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me. But you do not want that!
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Cease your endeavors and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be glorified in the earth!
Jehovah says: Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest. But you said: We will not walk in it!
Do not worry! Do not say: 'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or, 'What shall we wear?' All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek (mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
