'Rest' in the Bible

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.

And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.

But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

And the rest, some on boards and some on things from the ship. And so it came about that they all got safe to land.

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?

So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;

Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.

And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.

For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

And has been waiting there from that time, till all who are against him are made a foot-rest for his feet.

So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, even to those who have not this teaching, and have no knowledge of the secrets of Satan, as they say; I put on you no other weight.

Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.

And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

And in that hour there was a great earth-shock and a tenth part of the town came to destruction; and in the earth-shock seven thousand persons came to their end: and the rest were in fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:

And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.

The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead.