Topic
Rest
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I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
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.
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. — read the full passage →
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. — read the full passage →
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. — read the full passage →
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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 thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. — read the full passage →
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. — read the full passage →
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. — read the full passage →
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.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. — read the full passage →
And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, — read the full passage →
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. — read the full passage →
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. — read the full passage →
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; — read the full passage →
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. — read the full passage →
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.
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.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. — read the full passage →
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. — read the full passage →
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. — read the full passage →
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: — read the full passage →
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: — read the full passage →
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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