37 Bible Verses about Rest, Spiritual

You, O Yahweh, will sit forever [on] your throne for generation to generation. Why have you forgotten us forever? Why have you forsaken us {for so long}? Restore us to you, O Yahweh, that we will be restored; renew our days as of old.read more.
Unless you have utterly rejected us, unless you are angry with us beyond measure.

My heart trembles within me, and deathly terrors fall on me. Fear and trembling come on me, and horror overwhelms me. So I say, "{Oh, that} I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and be at rest.read more.
Look, I would flee far away. I would dwell in the wilderness. Selah I would hurry to my refuge from [the] raging wind [and] storm."

Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him. [It is] good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.

on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke [is] easy to carry and my burden is light."

And he said, "My presence will go, and I will give you rest."

In grassy pastures he makes me lie down; by quiet waters he leads me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and with a willing spirit sustain me.

Only for God my soul [waits in] silence. From him [is] my salvation. Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my [high] stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

[One who] lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai. I will say to Yahweh, "[You are] my refuge and my fortress, my God [in whom] I trust." For he will deliver you from [the] snare of [the] fowler, from [the] plague of destruction.read more.
With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness [will be] a shield and a buckler. You need not fear [the] terror of [the] night, [or the] arrow [that] flies by day, [or the] plague [that] spreads in the darkness, [or the] destruction [that] devastates at noon. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right [hand], [but] it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes, and see [the] punishment of [the] wicked. For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place. No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways. In [their] hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on lion and viper; you will trample young lion and serpent.

You will protect a firm inclination [in] peace, [in] peace because he trusts in you. Trust in Yahweh forever, for in Yah, Yahweh [you have] an everlasting rock.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you--not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let [them] be afraid.

Therefore, [because we] have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

and through him to reconcile all [things] to himself, [by] making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Consequently a sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God [did] from his own [works]. Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.

And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Return, O my soul, to your repose, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

Great peace [is] for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

Those who trust in Yahweh [are] like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, [but] abides forever.

My heart is not haughty nor my eyes {arrogant}. And I do not {concern myself} with things too great and difficult for me. Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child [is] my soul with me. O Israel, hope in Yahweh from now until forever.

The fear of a person will lay a snare, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be secure.

For the Lord Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, said this: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; your strength shall be in quietness and in trust." But you were not willing,

And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever. And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace and in a dwelling place of security and in undisturbed resting places.

And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land, and he will strengthen your bones, and you shall be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.

Thus says Yahweh: "Stand at [the] roads and look, and ask for [the] ancient paths, where the way of the good [is], and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves. But they said, 'We will not walk [in it].'

Blessed be the person who trusts in Yahweh, and Yahweh is his trust. For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to [the] stream it sends its roots, and it will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves will be luxuriant, and in [the] year of drought it will not be anxious, and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace,

but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable [quality] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.

Not so the wicked. Instead, [they are] like the chaff that [the] wind scatters. Therefore [the] wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of [the] righteous;

[The] wicked sees [it] and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and {becomes weak}. [The] desire of [the] wicked perishes.

"There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."

But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud. There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

to whom he has said, "This [is] rest; give rest to the weary; and this [is] repose"; yet they were not willing to hear.