Rest
Cessation from labor and anxiety, rooted in God's own rest on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2-3). The Sabbath institutionalized rest as a gift and commandment (Exodus 20:8-11). Jesus invited the weary: 'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest' (Matthew 11:28-30). Hebrews 4:9-11 describes a spiritual 'Sabbath-rest' for the people of God — rest from self-effort and trust in God's finished work. Psalm 62:1 declares, 'Truly my soul finds rest in God.' Rest in Scripture is not mere inactivity but a state of trust, security, and dependence on God's faithful provision.
Verses about Rest
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Genèse 2:2
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.
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Genèse 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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Genèse 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
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Genèse 8:9
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then…
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Genèse 18:4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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Genèse 30:36
And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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Genèse 49:15
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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Exode 5:5
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
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Exode 10:14
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such lo…
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Exode 16:23
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake t…
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Exode 16:30
So the people rested on the seventh day.
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Exode 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath …
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Exode 23:11
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…
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Exode 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the s…
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Exode 28:10
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
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Exode 31:15
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely …
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Exode 31:17
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and wa…
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Exode 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
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Exode 34:21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
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Exode 35:2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein sh…