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150 Bible Verses for Rest and Peace
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon 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 are we to wait for another?”For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent.For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name.When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble, I will rescue them and honor them.With long life I will satisfy them, and show them my salvation.will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?
I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!”
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work.He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you.
The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
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 still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. But you refused
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.
but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at ease, without dread of disaster.”
Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and shield.Our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.
For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,giving them respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
for God is a God not of disorder but of peace. (As in all the churches of the saints,
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.I have not hidden your saving help within my heart, I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.Do not, O Lord, withhold your mercy from me; let your steadfast love and your faithfulness keep me safe forever.For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, until I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.Let all those be put to shame and confusion who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt.Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.”
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.You will not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by day,
May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.The one who calls you is faithful, and he 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 anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
in all their distress. It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time on and forevermore.
For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless.
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.
And this is the boldness we have in 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 obtained the requests made of him.
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals.But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way; though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand.
I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?
Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me?
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,
for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain,
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.
And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.Let all that you do be done in love.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.You will increase my honor, and comfort me once again.
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,
For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,in order that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus,
But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
For thus says the Lord: I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm, and dandled on her knees.
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it;
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you.
His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;And even the hairs of your head are all counted.So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.
The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.