Bible Verses About Divine Rest

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

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.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and he findeth none.

Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them, Sleep on now, and take [your] rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! [for then] I would fly away, and be at rest.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

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

Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

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

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth, [there is] no rest.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yes, he shall give delight to thy soul.

Come to me, all [ye] that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

The rest said, Forbear, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

If ye then are not able to do that thing which is least, why are ye anxious for the rest?

And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

Now Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking rest in sleep.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.

And Joseph said to them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? knew ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

And he said to them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To-morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath to the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to-day], and boil that ye will boil; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy olive-yard.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thy ox and thy ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Six of their names on one stone, and [the] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

Six days may work be done, but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath-day, he shall surely be put to death.

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in time of plowing and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever doth work therein shall be put to death.

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it [is] a sin-offering.

And of the rest of the oil that [is] in his hand, shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering.

And the rest of the oil that [is] in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation: ye shall do no work [in it]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

It [shall be] to you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls in the ninth [day] of the month at evening: from evening to evening shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.