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Bible verses about rest
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Rest appears in the Bible as a practice as much as a feeling: a day set aside, a burden put down, a road stopped on. The passages below reflect that.
If tiredness has become persistent and is affecting your health, that is worth raising with a doctor. Rest as a theme in Scripture is not a substitute for medical advice, and this page does not attempt to be one.
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28“Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
2He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
He said to them, “Come away into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
2On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. 3God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible British Edition, which is in the public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.