Rest
4 and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 18:4
4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
Exodus 5:5
5 And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”
23 he said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’ ”
Exodus 23:11
11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
Exodus 23:12
12 “Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
Exodus 31:15
15 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.
Exodus 33:14
14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 34:21
21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
Exodus 35:2
2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
Leviticus 16:31
31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.
Leviticus 23:3
The Sabbath
3 “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.
Leviticus 23:24
24 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:32
32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”
Leviticus 23:39
39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
Leviticus 25:4
4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
Leviticus 25:5
5 You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
Leviticus 26:34
34 “Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:35
35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it.
Deuteronomy 3:20
20 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also occupy the land that the LORD your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.’
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Deuteronomy 12:9
9 for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 12:10
10 But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and when he gives you rest from all your enemies around, so that you live in safety,
Deuteronomy 25:19
19 Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.
Joshua 1:13
13 “Remember the word that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your God is providing you a place of rest and will give you this land.’
Joshua 1:15
15 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”
Joshua 11:23
23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua 14:15
15 Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba. (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war.
And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands.
now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
23 A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
11 So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 3:30
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
Judges 5:31
31 “So may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.”
And the land had rest for forty years.
Judges 8:28
28 So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Ruth 1:9
9 The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.”
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Ruth 3:18
18 She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”
2 Samuel 4:5
5 Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest.
LORD’S Covenant with David
7 Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
2 Samuel 7:11
11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.
17 And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The LORD your God be with you!”
1 Kings 5:4
4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.
56 “Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.
1 Chronicles 22:9
9 Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
1 Chronicles 23:25
25 For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
1 Chronicles 28:2
2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
14 Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years.
2 Chronicles 14:5
5 He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
2 Chronicles 14:6
6 He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the LORD gave him peace.
2 Chronicles 15:15
15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around.
2 Chronicles 20:30
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
Nehemiah 9:28
28 But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies.
Job 3:13
13 For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
Job 3:17
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
Job 3:26
26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, but trouble comes.”
Job 11:18
18 And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and take your rest in security.
Job 30:17
17 The night racks my bones,
and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
Psalm 22:2
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.
Psalm 55:6
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
Psalm 94:13
13 to give him rest from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Psalm 95:11
11 Therefore I swore in my wrath,
“They shall not enter my rest.”
Psalm 116:7
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest;
for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
lest the righteous stretch out
their hands to do wrong.
Psalm 127:2
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Proverbs 6:10
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
Proverbs 21:16
16 One who wanders from the way of good sense
will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Proverbs 24:33
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
he will give delight to your heart.
23 For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
5 Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,
for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Isaiah 11:2
2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon
3 When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,
The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
they break forth into singing.
Isaiah 23:12
12 And he said:
“You will no more exult,
O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon;
arise, cross over to Cyprus,
even there you will have no rest.”
Isaiah 25:10
10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,
and Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.
Isaiah 28:12
12 to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 30:15
15 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 were unwilling,
Isaiah 57:2
2 he enters into peace;
they rest in their beds
who walk in their uprightness.
I have set watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the LORD in remembrance,
take no rest,
Isaiah 62:7
7 and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it a praise in the earth.
Isaiah 63:14
14 Like livestock that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.
So you led your people,
to make for yourself a glorious name.
66 Thus says the LORD:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
Jeremiah 6:16
16 Thus says the LORD:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
and find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Jeremiah 31:2
2 Thus says the LORD:
“The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
when Israel sought for rest,
Jeremiah 45:3
3 You said, ‘Woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’
yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
Lamentations 2:18
18 Their heart cried to the Lord.
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears stream down like a torrent
day and night!
Give yourself no rest,
your eyes no respite!
Lamentations 5:5
5 Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
Ezekiel 32:19
19 ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.’
Ezekiel 32:32
32 For I spread terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.”
Daniel 12:13
13 But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”
Micah 2:10
10 Arise and go,
for this is no place to rest,
because of uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
Habakkuk 2:5
5 “Moreover, wine is a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death he has never enough.
He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Zechariah 1:11
11 And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.’
Zechariah 6:8
8 Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country.”
9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
Matthew 3:16
16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 12:43
Return of an Unclean Spirit
43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
Matthew 26:45
45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mark 6:31
31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
Mark 14:41
41 And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Luke 10:6
6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
Luke 11:24
Return of an Unclean Spirit
24 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
John 11:13
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
Acts 7:49
49 “ ‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
Romans 4:16
16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
1 Corinthians 2:5
5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Corinthians 2:13
13 my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 7:5
5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.
2 Corinthians 12:9
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Hebrews 3:11
11 As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest.’ ”
Hebrews 3:18
18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
Hebrews 4:3
3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,
“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest,’ ”
although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
5 And again in this passage he said,
“They shall not enter my rest.”
Hebrews 4:8
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.
Hebrews 4:9
9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
Hebrews 4:11
11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
Revelation 6:11
11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
Revelation 14:13
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”