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 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 you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day it shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever does work on it shall be put to death.

But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

And give him no rest, till he establishes, and till he makes Jerusalem 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 shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

There is no peace, says the LORD, unto the wicked.

My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

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

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

For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: but you would not.

There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.

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

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.

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

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

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

And he said unto them, Come you yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile: 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 that which the LORD has said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which you will bake today, and boil that which you will boil; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and you shall humble yourselves: in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening unto evening, shall you celebrate your sabbath.

Thus says the LORD, The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to give him rest.

This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Six days may work be done; but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever does any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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

Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is defiled, it shall destroy you, even with utter destruction.

To whom he said, This is the rest with which you 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 Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.

Thus says the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

I was not at ease, neither had I quiet, neither was I at rest; yet trouble came.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I 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 is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work on it: 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 earth, and, behold, all the earth sits quietly, and is at rest.

Behold, a son shall be born to you, 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 quietness, than both hands full with toil and grasping for the wind.

Until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side of Jordan toward the sun rising.

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

But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your oliveyard.