12 occurrences

'Resting place' in the Bible

The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark.

Verse ConceptsFeetStretching OutNot Being StillFeet In ActionNot StillNoah's Flood

When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

Verse ConceptsInnsMangersThe Act Of OpeningOpening ContainersFeeding AnimalsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyStaying Temporarily

When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionThose At EaseForced LabourGood Qualities

So they traveled from the mountain of the Lord three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was traveling before them during the three days' journey, to find a resting place for them.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionWeights And Measures, DistancesArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThree DaysThe Ark Moved AroundSeeking For Concrete ThingsThings Going BeforeArk Of The Covenant

Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionJoy, And Human ExperienceSaintsSalvation, Illustrations OfGod Giving Rest

So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'"

Verse ConceptsExclusionGod Swearing Harm

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

Verse ConceptsGod Lives In JerusalemRest

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allow them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sLossRestlessnessSatan, Agents OfSheepShepherds, As OccupationsInadequate ShepherdingWanderersPeople Going AstrayBeing MisleadLost PeopleBeing Lost

(Gimel) Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleWorryExile Of Judah To BabylonOvertaking

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfGod Is TranscendentHeaven, God's ThroneGod's DwellingWhat Kind?God Being Outside Of Creationfootprints

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