Bible Verses About Rest

“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and 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.””

“In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.”

“And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.””

“And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.”

“This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’”

“In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.”

“There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.”

“For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.”

“Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.”

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

“He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.”

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”

“I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.””

“Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.”

“For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.”

“The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.”

“Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.”

“Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”

“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.”

“And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.”

“Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.”

“Taste and see that the LORD 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 over the earth.””

“Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

“For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.””

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”

“Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”

“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.”

“I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.”

“I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.”

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.”

“Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.”

“Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.”

“When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.”

“You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.”

“But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.”

“On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,”

“Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”

“He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.”

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

“Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.”

“Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.”

“Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.”

“Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.”

“When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.”