Topic
Rest
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In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you 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, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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.
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.’
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — 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.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
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 →
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. — read the full passage →
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 →
“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.
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. — 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 →
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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 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,
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →
I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
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.”
For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — 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.
Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks out from the north, and a great destruction. — read the full passage →
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →
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 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.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — 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 →
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.
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.
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 →
and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”
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,
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. — read the full passage →
They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
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 →
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
“‘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.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law; — read the full passage →
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. — 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.
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
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.
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
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.”
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 →
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
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
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →
The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. — 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.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
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 →
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 →
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
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.
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”
Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
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.
‘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.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. — read the full passage →
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
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.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: — read the full passage →
He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”
But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
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