57 Bible Verses about Rest

for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'"although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands.

Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

"Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.

"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.

but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

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

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

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

And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling,

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

he said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'"

It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."

Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,

"This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.

The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.

Arise and go, for this is no place to rest, because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.

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

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.

She replied, "Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today."

Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.

I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes."

And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

"Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.

And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, 'We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.'

Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise."

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.