Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
John 7:37
On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted in a loud voice: If any man thirst let him come to me and drink.
Micah 6:6-8
With what shall I come before Jehovah? Shall I bow down before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with year old calves?
Isaiah 11:10
Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious.
Isaiah 53:2-3
He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance will make us desire him.
Isaiah 55:1-3
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the water. You, who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Matthew 23:4
They chain heavy burdens on your shoulders. Yet they are unwilling to lift even a finger to carry these same burdens.
John 6:37
That which the Father gives me will come to me. I will not reject him who comes to me.
Hebrews 4:1
While the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear that one of you might come up short and not enter.
Genesis 3:17-19
He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Job 5:7
A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
Job 14:1
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
Psalm 32:4
Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength drained in the summer heat.
Psalm 38:4
My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.
Psalm 90:7-10
Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage.
Psalm 116:7
I will be at peace again because Jehovah has been good to you.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are wearisome; man is not able to tell. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
What does a man get for all his work, and for the desire of his heart with which he has done his work under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.
Isaiah 1:4
Woe to the sinful nation, people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who are corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah! They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have turned away from him.
Isaiah 28:12
He said: This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest, and, this is the refreshing. Yet they would not listen.
Isaiah 45:22-25
Turn to me and be saved! Turn to me all who live at the ends of the earth for I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 48:17-18
This is what Jehovah your Defender (Redeemer), the Holy One of Israel, says: I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.
Isaiah 61:3
to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Isaiah 66:2
I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word.
Jeremiah 6:16
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!
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek (mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life,
Acts 15:10
Why do you test God by placing a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, one that our fathers were not able to bear?
Galatians 5:1
Christ liberated us for freedom (moral liberty). Stand fast therefore, and do not become entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
2 Thessalonians 1:7
You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say: Come And let him who hears say: Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him drink the water of life freely.
Psalm 94:13
You give them rest from days of trouble until a pit is dug to trap the wicked.
Romans 7:22-25
My inner person delights in the law of God.