Getting 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 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.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. — read the full passage →

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

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

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.

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it; — read the full passage →

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

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

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. — read the full passage →

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

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.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. — read the full passage →

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.

Thus says Yahweh, “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.’

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →

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

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

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

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

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

“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 handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

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.

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

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

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. — read the full passage →

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. — read the full passage →

It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve, — read the full passage →

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. — read the full passage →

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

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

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →

“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. — read the full passage →

but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

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.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Therefore don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion. — read the full passage →

The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest. — read the full passage →

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

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”