Bible Verses About Resting

To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

So the people rested on the seventh day.

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.