Quotes About Rest

Then Jehoshaphatís kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.

But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.

The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

When I lie down I think: ëWhen will I get up?í But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.