21 Bible Verses about Unrest

In the morning you'll say, "I wish it were evening.' Yet in the evening you'll say, "I wish it were morning,' on account of what you'll dread and what you'll see.

Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me.

I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.

Indeed, all of his days are filled with sorrow, and his struggles bring grief. In fact, his mind remains restless throughout the night. This is pointless, too!

And as for my heart, horror has terrified me; the twilight I longed for has started to make me tremble.

And he said: "You will revel no longer, you virgin daughter of Sidon, now crushed. Get up, cross over to Cyprus but even there you will find no rest.'"

But the wicked are tossed like the sea; for it is not able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud.

Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us.

The smoke from their torture goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image or for anyone who receives the mark of its name."

When people bring you before synagogue leaders, rulers, or authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying?

I want you to be free from concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord.

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.

Throw all your worry on him, because he cares for you.

"During those days, it wasn't safe for anyone to come and go, because many civil disturbances afflicted everyone who lived in the territories.

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

The pathway of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their courses. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks in them will know peace."

"When destruction comes, they'll seek peace, but there will be none to be found.

because they've truly caused my people to stray saying, "Peace," but there's no peace.'"

Before then, everyone was unemployed even the draft animals and no one was safe coming or going because of the enemy, because I caused everyone to oppose each other.

They have not learned the path to peace.