Bible Verses About Rest (22+ Verses)

"In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety."

"“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”"

"“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest."

"It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones."

"He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”"

"He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat."

"Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’"

"My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him."

"There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his."

"Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen."

"Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters."

"In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus."

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”"

"Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience."

"“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed."

"But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer."

"“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. You shall labor six days, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you."

"On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done."

"Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."

"“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”"

"He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath."

"Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls."