21 Bible Verses about Unrest

In the morning you shall say, ‘Would that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Would that it were morning!’ because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see.

So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.

I am benumbed and badly crushed;
I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

He has said, “You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.

Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.

“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

They do not know the way of peace,
And there is no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
Whoever treads on them does not know peace.

When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.

It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another.

And the path of peace they have not known.”