150 Bible Verses for Rest and Peace

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

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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 passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

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

He that dwelleth 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.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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

Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?Which of you by anxious care can add one cubit to his stature?

These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye will have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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

And he said, My presence shall attend thee, and I will give thee rest.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

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

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

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

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me on all sides.

When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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

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

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace will be with you.

A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.

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

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself as a child that is weaned by his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

If it is possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called children of God.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

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

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth, is not made perfect in love.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined 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.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,Nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

As the mountains are round Jerusalem, so the LORD is around his people from henceforth even for ever.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even to death.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.

Great peace have they who love thy law: and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

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

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.Though he should fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?

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

For thou hast been a defense to the poor, a defense to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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 faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;

How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.

The LORD is nigh to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things?

Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the day-spring from on high hath visited us,To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, acquit yourselves like men, be strong.Let all your things be done with charity.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and keep you from evil.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but he who putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Thou, who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus:

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

For we are saved by hope: But hope that is seen, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?But if we hope for what we see not, then with patience we wait for it.

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

But Jesus beheld them, and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

For whatever things were written formerly, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drouth, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.