Bible Verses About Getting Rest
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for getting rest, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,583 votes, led by Psalms 127:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Getting Rest
Psalms 127:2245 votes
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Mark 6:31161 votes
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Proverbs 3:24138 votes
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Hebrews 4:9-11127 votes
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Exodus 20:8-11103 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Matthew 11:28-3097 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalms 4:884 votes
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Matthew 11:26-3061 votes
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Psalms 23:247 votes
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Mark 2:2744 votes
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Ecclesiastes 5:1236 votes
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Isaiah 30:12-1531 votes
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Proverbs 24:30-3430 votes
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 23:4-528 votes
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Genesis 2:1-323 votes
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Matthew 11:2823 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 12:323 votes
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Luke 14:1-3518 votes
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Genesis 2:2-317 votes
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.
Exodus 33:1416 votes
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Mark 2:23-2716 votes
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Psalms 37:714 votes
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms 127:1-214 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Matthew 11:2914 votes
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mark 6:3214 votes
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
What does the Bible say about getting rest?
Readers most often cite Psalms 127:2 on the subject of getting rest. Across 1,583 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 6:31, Proverbs 3:24, Hebrews 4:9-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.