21 Bible Verses about Unrest

In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’—because of the dread in your heart with which you tremble, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.

So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.

I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out];
I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).

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

He has said, “You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon.
Arise, cross 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 mire and mud.

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

And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and 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 magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

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

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

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, for great suffering came on 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 them into crooked paths;
Whoever walks on them does not know peace.

When anguish comes, they [of Judah] shall seek peace, but there will be none.

It is definitely because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when one builds a [flimsy] wall, behold, these [lying] prophets plaster it over with whitewash;

For before those days there were no wages for man or animal; nor was there any peace or success for him who went out or came in because of his enemies, for I set all men against one another.

And they have not known the path of peace.”