Getting Rest

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, — read the full passage →

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee. — read the full passage →

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

Sweet <FI>is<Fi> the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it, — read the full passage →

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. — read the full passage →

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. — read the full passage →

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls--being faint.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him, — read the full passage →

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass--he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields--and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears, — read the full passage →

and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation. — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation.

And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours--and their works do follow them!'

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to life, And satisfied he remaineth--he is not charged with evil.

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; — read the full passage →

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short, — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass, In the day of Jehovah's giving rest to thee, From thy grief, and from thy trouble, And from the sharp bondage, That hath been served upon thee, — read the full passage →

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

and there was given to each one white robes, and it was said to them that they may rest themselves yet a little time, till may be fulfilled also their fellow-servants and their brethren, who are about to be killed--even as they.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls, — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place--that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities--a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down.

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. — read the full passage →

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

I--I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword, — read the full passage →

`Observe the day of the sabbath--to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; — read the full passage →

and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;

six days is work done, and in the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy <FI>day<Fi> , a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;

`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.

`Six days is work done, and in the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.

Only--for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him <FI>is<Fi> my hope.

`There is not to the priests the Levites--all the tribe of Levi--a portion and inheritance with Israel; fire-offerings of Jehovah, even His inheritance, they eat, — read the full passage →

and the smoke of their torment doth go up to ages of ages; and they have no rest day and night, who are bowing before the beast and his image, also if any doth receive the mark of his name.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

again He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh <FI>day<Fi> thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short, — read the full passage →

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: `In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'