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150 Bible Verses for Rest and Peace
Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
For my yoke is easy to carry and my burden is light.”
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you—not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack for anything.
In grassy pastures he makes me lie down; by quiet waters he leads me.
He restores my life. He leads me in correct paths for the sake of his name.
Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.
One who lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.
No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.
In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on lion and viper; you will trample young lion and serpent.
Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.
He will call upon me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
I will say to Yahweh, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
“For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body more than clothing?
Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather produce into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they are?
And who among you, by being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span?
I have said these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world.”
Only for God my soul waits in silence. From him is my salvation.
Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain confidence in robbery. If wealth increases, do not set your heart on it.
Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that strength belongs to God.
And to you belongs loyal love, O Lord, because you will render to each according to his work.
Only he is my rock and my salvation, my high stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
If you sit down, you will not panic, and if you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.
But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength. They shall go up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.
Now may the Lord of peace himself grant you peace through everything in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.
And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds in his way, about a man making plots.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
You must not fear, for I am with you; you must not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.
For the Lord Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, said this: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; your strength shall be in quietness and in trust.” But you were not willing,
I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me.
When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in the night watches.
Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
I have set Yahweh before me always. Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices. Yes, my body will dwell in safety,
Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, “I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you.”
Therefore, because we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Look! God is my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid, for my strength and might is Yah, Yahweh; and he has become salvation for me.”
Whoever listens to me will dwell in security and rest securely from dread and disaster.”
And the things which you have learned and received and heard about and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; whence will my help come?
My help is from Yahweh, maker of heaven and earth.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not flow over you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not scorch you.
Those who trust in Yahweh are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Our soul waits for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.
For in him our heart rejoices because in his holy name we trust.
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish forever, and no one will seize them out of my hand.
And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child is my soul with me.
For a child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. And the dominion will be on his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose,
Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace and in a dwelling place of security and in undisturbed resting places.
Deceit is in the heart of those who plan evil, but to those who plan peace, there is joy.
Blessed is the man, O Yah, whom you instruct and teach from your law,
to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
“Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful ones, but let them not return to folly.
For the mountains may depart, and the hills may sway, but my faithfulness shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not sway,” says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,
God is in the midst of her; she will not be made to totter. God will help her at daybreak.
Trust Yahweh with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will straighten your paths.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.
Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, be in agreement, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness from the great congregation.
As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.
For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me. O Yahweh, hurry to help me.
Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated who desire my harm.
Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, “Yahweh is great!” —those who love your salvation.
But I am poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You are my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
And so he brought me up from the roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.
Say to those who are hasty of heart, “Be strong; you must not fear! Look! your God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. He is the one who will come and save you.”
Yahweh is the one going before you; he will be with you, and he will not leave you alone, and he will not forsake you; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged.”
As a man whose mother comforts him, so I myself will comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness will be a shield and a buckler.
You need not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by day,
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who calls you is faithful, who also will do this.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.
In all their distress, there was no distress, and the messenger of his presence saved them, in his love and compassion he himself redeemed them, and he lifted them up, and he supported them all the days of old.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
As mountains are round about Jerusalem, so Yahweh is round about his people, from now until forever.
For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,
Have you not known, or have you not heard? Yahweh is the God of eternity, the creator of the ends of the earth! He is not faint, and he does not grow weary! There is no searching his understanding.
He gives power to the weary, and he increases power for the powerless.
convinced of this same thing, that the one who began a good work in you will finish it until the day of Christ Jesus,
Know that Yahweh, he is God; he made us and we are his. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
As a father pities his children, so Yahweh pities those who fear him.
For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.
Great peace is for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.
O God, you are my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you as in a dry and weary land without water.
They who would deliver him to the sword will become a portion for jackals.
However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because the mouth of the liars will be stopped.
Thus I have seen you in the sanctuary, beholding your strength and glory.
Because your loyal love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age.”
The steps of a man are established by Yahweh, and he takes pleasure in his way.
Though he fall, he will not be cast headlong, for Yahweh supports him with his hand.
“I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man? He dies! And of the son of humankind? He is sacrificed as grass!
Out of my distress I called to Yah. Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place.
Yahweh is for me; I do not fear. What can mere humans do to me?
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in all affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless was like a rainstorm against a wall,
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
I have wiped your transgressions out like a cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you!
which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain,
How precious is your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They are refreshed with the fullness of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
Yahweh, you will establish peace for us, for you have done even all of our works for us.
And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How timely are the feet of those who bring good news of good things.”
because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.”
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act courageously, be strong.
All your actions must be done in love.
Finally, become strong in the Lord and in the might of his strength.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,
But the Lord is faithful, who will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
For you shall go out in joy, and you shall be led in peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you, rejoicing and all the trees of the field shall clap hands.
For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.
But the afflicted will possess the land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.
Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,
to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
But now thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “You must not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name; you are mine.
For there is a moment in his anger; there is a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning comes rejoicing.
You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
You will increase my greatness, and you will comfort me all around.
Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you to be in agreement with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,
He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who protects you will not slumber.
Look, he will not slumber and he will not sleep— he who protects Israel.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law.
This God—his way is blameless. The word of Yahweh is flawless. He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we await it eagerly with patient endurance.
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous;
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
so that, just as it is written, “The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With human beings this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
For thus says Yahweh: “Look! I am about to spread prosperity out to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you shall suck and be carried on the hip; and you shall you shall be played with on the knees.
Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, “Yahweh is great!” —those who love your salvation.
But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.
For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.
But let all who take shelter in you rejoice. Let them ever sing for joy, because you spread protection over them; And let those who love your name exult in you.
His dominion will grow continually, and to peace there will be no end on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and sustain it with justice and righteousness now and forever. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them will not fall to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father.
Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus,
And even the hairs of your head are all numbered!
Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, because you have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.
And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land, and he will strengthen your bones, and you shall be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.
Because Yahweh God is a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.