57 Bible Verses about Rest

For he who has 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, "I have sworn in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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

And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah. Whoever does work in it shall be put to death.

But now Jehovah my God has given me rest all around. There is no foe nor evil happening.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable home, and in secure dwellings and quiet resting places.

You shall do your work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

And give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

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

And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for Jehovah. You shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

There is no peace, says Jehovah, to the wicked.

My soul, be silent only to God; for my hope 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 so says the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest you shall be saved; and in quietness and hope shall be your strength. And you were not willing.

So then there remains a rest to the people of God.

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

I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

For you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah your God gives you.

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

And He said to them, Come aside into a deserted place and rest a little. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.

I will not give sleep to my eyes, nor slumber to my eyelids,

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

It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall humble your souls. In the ninth of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your sabbath.

So says Jehovah, The people who were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I will go to give him rest.

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

Six days may work be done, but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah. Whoever does any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

All the earth is at rest and is quiet; they break out into singing.

Arise and depart! For this is not your rest, because of destroying uncleanness, even a grievous destruction.

To whom He said, This is the rest; cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. Yet they were not willing to hear.

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

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

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

And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall. For the man will not rest until he has finished the thing today.

So says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and earth My footstool. Where, then, is the house that you build for 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 on the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

I was not in safety, nor did I have rest, nor was I quiet; yet trouble comes.

And I said, Who will give to me 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 lie down;

Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work. It is a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

And they answered the Angel of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sits still and is at peace.

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 all around. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

Better is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit.

until Jehovah has given your brothers rest, even as you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God gives them; and you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses Jehovah's servant gave you on this side Jordan, towards the sunrise.

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

But the seventh year you shall let it rest and let it alone, so that the poor of your people may eat. And what they leave, the animals of the field shall eat. In the same way you shall deal with your vineyard and with your oliveyard.