18 Bible Verses about God Giving Rest
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And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve.
Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
Return unto your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.
Let us therefore fear, lest, although a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
And he said unto them, Come you yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Thus says the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: but you would not.
For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so did you lead your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
For if Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, to your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever:
