57 Bible Verses about Rest

For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

(For we who have believed do enter into the 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.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and none of their enemies could stand before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hands.

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be holy unto you, a sabbath of rest to the LORD; whoever does work therein shall die.

Now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side so that there is neither adversary nor evil encounter.

And my people shall dwell in a habitation of peace and in secure dwellings and in the refreshing of rest.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

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

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt cease; in ploughing time and in harvest thou shalt cease.

And thou shalt trust because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig and sleep in safety;

but the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath unto the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard.

There is no peace for the wicked, said the LORD.

My soul, rest thou only in God, for my hope is from him.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

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

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel has said; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee.

I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou only, O LORD, dost make me to be confident.

For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God gives you.

that your faith should not be founded in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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

And he said unto them, This is what the LORD has said, Tomorrow is the holy sabbath of rest unto the LORD; bake that which ye will bake today and cook what ye will cook; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

It shall be unto you a sabbath of sabbaths, and ye shall afflict your souls, beginning in the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening unto evening, shall ye rest on your sabbath.

Thus hath the LORD said, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness as I went to cause Israel to find rest.

This shall be my rest for ever; here I will dwell; for I have desired her.

Six days shall work be done; but the seventh, the sabbath of rest, shall be holy to the LORD; whoever does any work in the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they sing praises.

Arise and depart, for this is not your rest because it is polluted; it has become corrupted and with a great corruption.

To whom he said, This is the rest with which ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

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

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return unto my house from which I came out.

For if Jesus had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day.

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou shall know how the matter will fall, for that man will not rest until he has concluded the thing today.

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where shall remain this house that ye built unto me? and where shall remain this place of my rest?

It is vain for you to rise up early, to come home late, to eat the bread of sorrows, because he shall give his beloved sleep.

For the rod of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous because the righteous shall not put forth their hands unto iniquity.

I never had prosperity, nor did I secure myself, neither was I at rest; yet trouble came.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away and be at rest.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein; it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees and said, We have walked to and fro through the land, and, behold, all the earth sits still and is at rest.

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

Better is a handful with rest than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you and they also inherit the land which the LORD your God gives them; then ye shall return unto the land of your inheritance and inherit it, which Moses the LORD's slave has given you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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

but the seventh year thou shalt leave it free and release it, that the poor of thy people may eat, and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard and with thy oliveyard.