601 verses about Rest

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.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.

At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

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.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.

“This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

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

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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

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.

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.

The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.

It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.

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,

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out in song.

For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”