Vacation

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.

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 →

But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

“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 →

“‘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.

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

The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught. — read the full passage →

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.

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,

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

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

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

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. — read the full passage →

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

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

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; — read the full passage →

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

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

“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 →

“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.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. — read the full passage →

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

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.

You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year. — read the full passage →

If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; — read the full passage →

You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Have we no right to eat and to drink? — 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.

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

Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace. — read the full passage →

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. — read the full passage →

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. — read the full passage →

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

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.

Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.

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 →

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

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

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,

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. — read the full passage →

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? — read the full passage →

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. — read the full passage →

“For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, — 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. — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, — read the full passage →

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus; — read the full passage →

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. — read the full passage →

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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

But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.”

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band. — read the full passage →

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God. — read the full passage →

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” — read the full passage →

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’ — read the full passage →

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, — read the full passage →

Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened. — read the full passage →

Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, — read the full passage →

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman. — read the full passage →

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires. — read the full passage →

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. — read the full passage →

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. — read the full passage →

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook. — read the full passage →

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. — read the full passage →

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. — read the full passage →

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, — read the full passage →

that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your wondrous works. — read the full passage →

With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding. — read the full passage →

He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. — read the full passage →