Bible Verses about “getting rest”
The Bible contains 19 verses about getting rest across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.›”
“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”
“‹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.›”
“‹For my yoke› [is] ‹easy, and my burden is light.›”
“For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
“But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:”
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:”
“[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.”
“When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.”
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.”
“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.”
“And he said unto them, ‹The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:›”
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
“For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.”
“¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”
“‹Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.›”
“‹All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and› [he] ‹to whomsoever the Son will reveal› [him].”
“The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”