Quotes About Rest

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

If the rulerís temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”

to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”

Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORDís holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ëWhere is the good way?í Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ëWe will not walk in it!í

This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.

If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,