57 Bible Verses about Rest

For he having come into his rest, he also has ceased from his works, as God from his own.

For we having believed come into the rest, as he said, As I sware in my wrath, if they shall come into my rest: although the works having been from the foundation of the world.

Come to me, all ye wearied and loaded, and I will cause you to rest.

And Jehovah will cause rest to them from round about, according to all which he sware to their fathers: and there stood not a man before them from all their enemies; all their enemies Jehovah gave into their hand.

Six days thou shalt do work and in the seventh day a holy cessation, a cessation to Jehovah: all doing work in it shall die.

And now Jehovah my God caused rest to me from round about; not an adversary and not an evil event

And my people shall sit in a dwelling of peace, and in habitations of trust and in quiet resting places.

Six days thou shalt do thy works, and in the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox shall rest, and thine ass, and the son of thy maid shall be refreshed, and the stranger.

And ye shall not give rest to him till he shall prepare, and till he shall set Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Six days thou shalt work, and in the seventh day thou shalt cease: and in ploughing and in harvest thou shalt cease.

And thou didst trust, for there is hope; and thou didst search out; thou shalt lie down confidently.

And in the seventh year, a Sabbath of rest shall be to the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah: thy field thou shalt not sow, and thy vineyard thou. shalt not prune.

No peace, said Jehovah, to the unjust

Only, my soul be thou silent to God; for from him my hope.

And he will say, My face and my rest shall go to thee.

And God will complete in the seventh day his work which he made, and he will rest in the seventh day from all his work which he made.

For thus said Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In turning back and in rest shall ye be saved; in quiet and in trust shall be your strength, and ye would not.

Therefore a celebration of a sabbath remains to the people of God.

Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest; for Jehovah benefited to thee.

In peace together shall I lie down, and I shall sleep: for thou Jehovah alone wilt cause me to dwell confidently.

For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.

For ye came not yet now to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.

That your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little: for many were coming and returning, and neither had they leisure to eat.

If I shall give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eye-lashes,

And he will say to them, This what Jehovah spake, To-morrow the Sabbath, a holy rest to Jehovah: what ye will cook, cook; and what ye will boil, boil; and all exceeding, leave for you for preservation till the morning.

A Sabbath of rest it is to you; ye humbled your souls: in the ninth of the month, in the evening, from evening to evening shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.

Thus said Jehovah, The people escaped of the sword found grace in the desert; Israel going to cause him to rest

This my rest even forever: here I will dwell, for I desired it

Six days shall work be done, and the seventh day the Sabbath, a holy rest to Jehovah: all doing work in the day of the Sabbath, dying, shall die.

All the earth rested, having quiet: they broke forth a rejoicing.

Arise ye, and go, for this is not the rest: because it was defiled it will destroy, and with a sore destruction.

To whom he said to them, This the rest they caused to the weary to rest; and this the quiet: and they would not hear.

There the unjust ceased to be angry, and the weary in strength shall rest.

When the unclean spirit comes out from a man, he passes through places wanting water, seeking rest; and not finding, he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.

For if Jesus had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken of another day after these things.

And she will say, Sit, my daughter, till thou shalt know how the word will fall: for the man will not rest till he finished the word this day.

Thus said Jehovah, The heavens my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet: where this house which ye will build to me? and where this place of my rest?

In vain for you rising early to arise from after sitting; eating the bread of toils: so will he give to his beloved sleep.

For the rod of the unjust one shall not rest upon the lot of the just; so that the just shall not stretch forth their hand in iniquity.

I was not secure, and I rested not, and I was not quiet; and trouble will come.

And saying, Who will give me the wing-feather as a dove? I will fly away and settle down.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:

Six days shall work be done; the seventh day a Sabbath of rest, a holy calling: ye shall not do any work: it is a Sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

And they will answer the messenger of Jehovah standing between the myrtles, and they will say, We walked about in the earth, and behold, all the earth sat and rested.

Behold, a son being born to thee, he shall be a man of rest; and I caused rest to him from all his enemies from round about: for Solomon shall be his name, and I will give peace and quiet upon Israel in his days.

Good a hand filled with rest, above two hands full of labor and striving of spirit.

Till Jehovah shall cause rest to your brethren as you and they also shall inherit the land which Jehovah your God gave to them: and ye turned back to the land of your possession, and ye shall inherit it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave to you on the other side of Jordan from the rising of the sun.

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

And the seventh thou shalt remit, and let it be; and the poor of thy people shall eat; and the remains, the beast of the field shall eat. So shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thy olive tree.