601 verses about Rest

When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,

and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

David said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him, and he ate.

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”

The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.

Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.

Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence.

“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” The people departed.

He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”

He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.

Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.

He built Elath, and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.

These are they whom David set over the service of song in Yahweh’s house, after the ark came to rest there.

These are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the rooms and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.

All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first,

Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

“Isn’t Yahweh your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.

For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”

Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”

“Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.

He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.

There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

to fulfill Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes.”

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;’

Aren’t my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it like waters that have passed away.

Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

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

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

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

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

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

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

His soul shall dwell at ease. His offspring shall inherit the land.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

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.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

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

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

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

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.