117 Bible Verses about Rest

After a long day, nothing's better for you than some good rest. Your body's always sending you signals when something's not right, so it's important to pay attention. Rest is crucial for both your physical and mental health.

These days, so many of us are dealing with mental exhaustion more than physical, thanks to the everyday demands of life. It can really steal your peace and make it hard to trust in God. Lack of rest can make you irritable, lose focus on what truly matters, and slip into a complaining mindset, forgetting to be grateful.

Being exhausted affects everything – your productivity, your ability to enjoy the things you normally do. And quick fixes aren't going to cut it. The only real source of rest and renewal is Jesus Christ. Trips, shopping sprees, hanging out with friends – those things can be nice distractions, but only the presence of the Holy Spirit can bring true relief.

The good news is, God offers rest to those who are weary, burdened, and overwhelmed. The peace that comes from Him is unlike anything this world offers, and it lasts forever.

Matthew 11:28 invites all those who labor and are heavy laden to find rest in Jesus. There's no other sure way to find deep, lasting rest. If you've tried everything and still feel weighed down, it's time to turn to the best source there is: God. He's the ultimate therapist, the place where you'll find the strength to keep going and enjoy life again.

Let God's love bring you serenity. Take a deep breath and release all that exhaustion in Jesus' name. Just like the Psalmist David, you can say, "Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you" (Psalm 116:7).

​The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Six days shall you labor, and do all your work:But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates:

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.

But those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

​Truly my soul waits for God: from him comes my salvation.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked plans to pass.

Casting all your cares on him; for he cares for you.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.

​The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.For he that has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

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

He will not permit your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber.Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is sustained on you: because he trusts in you.

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of unbelief.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

My soul, wait only for God; for my expectation is from him.

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him.

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.

Great peace have those that love your law: and nothing shall offend them.

When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

For he that has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

​O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my anger, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

​It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O most High:To show forth your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,

He gives power to the faint; and to those who have no might he increases strength.

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

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and your right hand shall save me.

But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.I will sing unto the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.And he led them on safely, so that they did not fear: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

​Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.From the end of the earth will I cry unto you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you,So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and again comfort him and his mourners.I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, says the LORD; and I will heal him.

Sorrow in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.

You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

​God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with their swelling. Selah.

When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.

Those who fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow: for tomorrow shall be anxious about the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof.

The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

When I am afraid, I will trust in you.

Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Not that I speak of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content with it.I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both how to be full and how to be hungry, both how to abound and how to suffer need.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for when the time is right we shall reap, if we do not faint.

​I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence comes my help.My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah.

For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Commit your works unto the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

My soul melts for sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have performed all our works in us.

ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Come unto me, all you who labor and bear heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if it must be, you are in sadness through manifold temptations:That the testing of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it is tried with fire, may result in praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, says your God.Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received from the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.

​I waited patiently for the LORD; and he turned to me, and heard my cry.He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fulness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

TETH. You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according to your word.Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.

The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Now may the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded towards one another according to Christ Jesus:That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us:And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

And let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.

Blessed be the LORD, that 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 the hand of Moses his servant.

For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and you would not.

Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways, and look, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

Come unto me, all you who labor and bear heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.For he that has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of unbelief.

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