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 to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”
“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.”
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."”
“for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.”
“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;”
“"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
“You shall labor six days, and do all your work,”
“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.”
“When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.”
“In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.”
“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.”
“He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
“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.”
“Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.”
“Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”
“All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.”
“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.”