18 Bible Verses about God Giving Rest
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It will happen in the day that the LORD will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
"Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
to whom he said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not hear.
"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down," says the Lord GOD.
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to an isolated 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 in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 'Where is the good way?' and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not walk in it."
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence." You refused,
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.
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
As the livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused them to rest; so you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
"Now therefore arise, LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in what is good.
For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
