36 Bible Verses about relaxation
Most Relevant Verses
“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,”
Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.
“Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly.
Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching all the innermost parts of his being.
For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.
For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In repentance and rest you will be saved,
In quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding draws it out.
You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”
“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.
Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody and yet have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him.
For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality—
And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a trustworthy man?
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
“If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.
It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself
If his conduct is pure and right.
Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man,
But any fool will quarrel.
