Draw a random verse about rest and see what Scripture says about weariness, the Sabbath and peace for the soul.
What the Bible Says About Rest
Rest in the Bible begins with God. Genesis describes the Creator finishing his work and setting the seventh day apart, and the Ten Commandments later turn that pattern into a weekly Sabbath that includes servants, foreigners and even working animals. Rest is therefore presented as a gift built into the order of life and not as a reward for finishing everything. Jesus reinforces this when he says the Sabbath was made for people, and when he invites the weary and burdened to come to him.
The same writers are frank about exhaustion. Moses needs friends to hold up his tired arms, Elijah collapses into sleep after a draining confrontation, and Paul lists sleepless nights and toil among his hardships. Even Jesus is described as tired from a journey. Many readers find it freeing that Scripture treats weariness as part of ordinary human limits.
Where Rest Appears
The Law gives the most detailed instructions, including a sabbath year for the land in Leviticus 25. The Psalms speak of quiet waters, restful sleep and a soul that learns to be calm. Isaiah and Jeremiah recall that Israel was offered rest and sometimes refused it, and Isaiah promises strength to those who wait. In the Gospels Jesus withdraws to pray, sleeps in a boat during a storm, and tells his disciples to come away and rest a while. Hebrews speaks of a Sabbath rest that remains for God's people, a passage interpreters read in several ways.
Not every verse here is about sleep. Some warn against laziness, and others encourage believers not to grow weary of doing good. Reading the surrounding passage helps you tell the difference. Context also matters for the Sabbath laws, which were given to ancient Israel in a farming society, so applying them today usually involves some interpretation and conversation within your own tradition.
Ways to Use These Verses
- Draw a verse at the end of a busy day and pause for a few minutes before moving to the next task.
- Use a Sabbath passage to plan one unhurried block of time in your week.
- Pair a verse about weariness with a prayer that names exactly what is tiring you.
- Share a verse with a friend who has been carrying too much lately.
If tiredness feels overwhelming or does not lift with sleep, it is wise to talk with a trusted friend, pastor or counselor, and with a doctor about your physical health.
For a wider mix of passages, try the Bible verse randomizer or the random encouraging Bible verse page, and browse the Bible books to read the full chapter around any verse that catches your attention.
Verses in This Collection
- Genesis 2:2-3 – 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. 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.
At the close of creation the account says God finished his work and rested on the seventh day, setting that day apart as holy. - Exodus 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 to day , and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Before the law at Sinai, Israel is told to gather a double portion of manna on the sixth day so the seventh can be a rest. - Exodus 17:12 – But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
In a battle with Amalek, Moses' arms grow heavy, so Aaron and Hur set him on a stone and hold his hands up. - Exodus 18:18 – Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Moses' father-in-law Jethro sees him judging disputes all day and warns that the load is too heavy for one person. - Exodus 20:8-10 – Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
The fourth commandment sets aside the seventh day and extends the rest to children, servants, livestock and visiting foreigners. - Exodus 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 stranger, may be refreshed.
The law again requires rest on the seventh day, giving a reason that includes refreshing slaves and foreigners as well as animals. - Exodus 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 was refreshed.
God calls the Sabbath a lasting sign between himself and Israel, tied to the creation story of work and rest. - Exodus 34:21 – Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Even during the busiest seasons of planting and harvest, Israel is told to keep the day of rest. - Leviticus 25:4 – But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
The law gives farmland a sabbath year every seventh year, when the ground is left unplanted and unharvested. - Leviticus 23:3 – Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Among the appointed festivals of Israel, the weekly Sabbath is listed first as a day of rest and sacred assembly. - Deuteronomy 5:12-15 – Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
In Moses' second telling of the commandments, Sabbath rest is linked to remembering slavery in Egypt and deliverance from it. - Deuteronomy 12:10 – But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Moses promises Israel that once they cross the Jordan, God will give them rest from enemies on every side. - Joshua 21:44 – And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
The narrator reports that after the conquest God gave Israel rest on all sides, just as he had promised their ancestors. - 2 Samuel 17:29 – And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
When David flees Absalom, friends east of the Jordan bring supplies because they know the people are hungry, weary and thirsty. - 1 Kings 19:5-6 – And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
Elijah, burned out after confronting Baal's prophets, falls asleep under a tree and an angel wakes him only to feed him. - 2 Chronicles 36:21 – To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
The chronicler explains the Babylonian exile partly as the land finally enjoying the sabbaths it had been denied. - Job 3:17 – There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job in his agony imagines death as a place where the wicked stop troubling and the weary are finally at rest. - Job 7:3-4 – So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Job describes months of futility and nights of misery, tossing in bed until dawn and unable to find any sleep. - Psalm 3:5 – I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
David wrote this psalm while fleeing his son Absalom, yet says he could lie down, sleep and wake safely because God sustained him. - Psalm 4:8 – I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD , only makest me dwell in safety.
David ends an evening prayer by saying he will lie down in peace and sleep, since God alone keeps him secure. - Psalm 6:6 – I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
David is worn out with groaning and soaks his bed with tears each night, a candid picture of exhaustion in prayer. - Psalm 16:9 – Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
David says his heart is glad and his body rests secure because he has set the Lord before him. - Psalm 23:2 – He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
The shepherd psalm pictures God making his sheep lie down in green pasture and leading them beside still water. - Psalm 23:3 – He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
The same psalm says the shepherd restores the soul and guides along right paths for the sake of his name. - Psalm 37:7 – 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.
David urges the reader to be still before God and wait patiently, and not to fret over people who prosper through wrongdoing. - Psalm 46:10 – Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
In a psalm about God as refuge amid upheaval, God tells the nations to stop their striving and know that he is God. - Psalm 55:6 – And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
David, betrayed by a friend, wishes he had wings like a dove so he could fly away and find rest. - Psalm 62:1 – Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
David says his soul waits in silence for God alone, the one from whom his deliverance comes. - Psalm 62:5 – My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
David repeats the line about waiting in silence for God, speaking it as a reminder to himself and not only a report. - Exodus 33:14 – And he said, My presence shall go with thee , and I will give thee rest.
God promises Moses, who is anxious about leading Israel onward, that his presence will go with him and give him rest. - Psalm 91:1 – He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
The psalm opens with an image of anyone who lives under the shelter of the Most High resting in his shadow. - Psalm 92:1-2 – It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD , and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
This psalm is labeled as a song for the Sabbath day and links the day with thanks, music and praise. - Psalm 94:13 – That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
The psalmist says those God teaches are given relief from days of trouble while a pit is dug for the wicked. - Psalm 103:14 – For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
In a psalm about God's compassion, David says God knows how people are made and remembers that we are dust. - Psalm 107:29-30 – He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Sailors caught in a storm cry to God, who calms the sea, and they are glad at the quiet and brought safely to harbor. - Psalm 116:7 – Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
The psalmist tells his own soul to return to its rest, because the Lord has been generous with him. - Psalm 119:28 – My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
The writer of the long psalm on God's word says his soul melts with heaviness and asks to be strengthened. - Psalm 121:3-4 – He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
A pilgrim's song says the one who keeps Israel never slumbers, so his people can sleep while he stays watch. - Psalm 127:2 – 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.
Attributed to Solomon, this psalm says rising early and staying up late to toil is vain, since God gives sleep to those he loves. - Psalm 131:2 – Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
The psalmist describes calming his soul like a weaned child resting with its mother, no longer demanding anything. - Proverbs 3:24 – When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Wisdom promises that the one who follows her will lie down without fear and enjoy sweet sleep. - Proverbs 6:9-10 – How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
The writer rebukes the sluggard who wants a little more sleep and folded hands, showing that rest can be abused. - Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 – For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
The Teacher asks what a person gets from all his toil, noting that even at night his mind does not rest. - Ecclesiastes 4:6 – Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
The Teacher says one handful with quietness is better than two handfuls with toil and chasing after wind. - Ecclesiastes 5:12 – 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.
The Teacher observes that a laborer sleeps well whether he eats little or much, while the rich man's abundance keeps him awake. - Ecclesiastes 12:12 – And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
The closing editor says there is no end to the making of books and that much study wearies the body. - Isaiah 26:3 – Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isaiah says God keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on him, because they trust in him. - Isaiah 28:12 – To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Isaiah recalls that God offered Judah a place of rest for the weary, but they refused to listen. - Isaiah 30:15 – For thus saith the Lord GOD , the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
God says Judah's salvation lay in returning and rest, in quietness and trust, yet they refused and chose horses to flee. - Isaiah 32:17-18 – And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah foresees a time when righteousness brings lasting quiet and confidence, and God's people live in peaceful homes. - Isaiah 40:28-31 – Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD , the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah reminds a tired people that the Creator never grows weary and gives strength to those who wait on him. - Isaiah 50:4 – The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
The servant of the Lord says God has given him the tongue of a teacher to sustain the weary with a word. - Isaiah 58:13-14 – If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD , honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
Isaiah describes honoring the Sabbath as a delight rather than an obligation, instead of pursuing business as usual. - Isaiah 63:14 – As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Isaiah recalls how God led Israel in the wilderness like cattle going down into a valley, giving them rest. - Jeremiah 6:16 – Thus saith the LORD , Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein .
God tells Judah to stand at the crossroads and ask for the ancient paths, promising rest for their souls, but they refuse. - Jeremiah 31:25 – For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
In the book's promise of restoration, God says he will refresh those who are weary and satisfy everyone who languishes. - Jeremiah 45:3 – Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, complains that he is worn out with groaning and finds no rest, and God answers him. - Lamentations 5:5 – Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
Survivors of Jerusalem's fall lament that pursuers are at their necks and that they are worn out with no rest. - Ezekiel 20:12 – Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
God says he gave Israel his Sabbaths as a sign between them, so they would know he is the one who sets them apart. - Ezekiel 34:15 – I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD .
God says that he himself will shepherd his flock and make them lie down, contrasting with neglectful leaders. - Hosea 2:18 – And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
God promises a covenant of peace in which the land is free of war and his people can lie down in safety. - Matthew 6:28-29 – And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Jesus points to wildflowers that neither work nor spin and yet are dressed more beautifully than Solomon. - Matthew 6:34 – Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Jesus ends his teaching on anxiety by telling listeners not to borrow tomorrow's trouble, because each day has enough of its own. - Matthew 8:24 – And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
A violent storm breaks over the Sea of Galilee while Jesus, who is asleep in the boat, is not troubled by it. - Matthew 11:28-30 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Jesus invites everyone who is weary and burdened to come to him and learn from him, promising rest for their souls. - Matthew 12:8 – For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
After the disciples pick grain on the Sabbath, Jesus answers critics by claiming authority over the day itself. - Matthew 14:23 – And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
After feeding five thousand people, Jesus sends the crowd home and goes up a mountain alone in the evening to pray. - Matthew 26:41 – Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
In Gethsemane Jesus finds his disciples asleep and tells them to stay watchful, adding that the body is weak though the spirit is willing. - Mark 2:27 – And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
In a Sabbath dispute Jesus says the day was made for people rather than people for the day, restating its purpose as a gift. - Mark 4:38 – And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
During the storm Jesus is asleep on a cushion in the stern, and the frightened disciples wake him. - Mark 6:31 – 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.
After the disciples return from a busy mission, Jesus invites them to a quiet place to rest because so many people kept coming. - Luke 5:16 – And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Luke says Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness to pray, stepping away even when crowds were seeking him. - Luke 10:39-42 – And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Martha is busy with preparations while her sister Mary sits at Jesus' feet, and Jesus gently says Mary has chosen what is better. - Luke 12:19 – And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
In a parable a prosperous farmer tells himself to relax and enjoy his stored grain, but God calls him a fool that very night. - Luke 21:34 – And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Jesus warns his listeners to watch that their hearts are not weighed down by partying and the worries of life. - Luke 22:45 – And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
In Gethsemane Luke says the disciples fell asleep because of sorrow, which shows how grief itself can be exhausting. - John 4:6 – Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Jesus, tired from a long walk, sits down by Jacob's well at midday, showing that he too experienced bodily weariness. - John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
On his last evening with the disciples Jesus says he leaves them his peace, which is unlike what the world gives. - John 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Jesus tells his disciples they will have trouble in the world, but they can have peace in him because he has overcome it. - Acts 3:19 – Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Peter urges the crowd in Jerusalem to repent so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. - Acts 16:13 – And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
In Philippi Paul and his companions go outside the gate on the Sabbath to a riverside place of prayer and speak to the women gathered. - Romans 15:32 – That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
Paul hopes to reach the Roman Christians with joy, by God's will, and be refreshed together with them. - 1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
After a long argument about resurrection, Paul closes by urging believers to stand firm because their labor in the Lord is not wasted. - 1 Corinthians 16:18 – For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
Paul thanks the visitors from Corinth for refreshing his spirit, and asks the church to recognize people like them. - 2 Corinthians 4:16 – For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Paul says he does not lose heart, because while his outer self is wasting away his inner self is renewed daily. - 2 Corinthians 11:27 – In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
In a list of his hardships Paul includes toil, sleepless nights, hunger and cold, so he knew real exhaustion. - 2 Corinthians 12:9 – And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
When Paul prays about a lingering weakness, Christ replies that his grace is enough and his power appears in weakness. - Galatians 6:9 – And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Paul encourages the Galatians not to grow weary of doing good, since in due time they will reap if they do not give up. - Philippians 4:6-7 – Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Paul tells the Philippians not to be anxious but to pray with thanks, and promises a peace that guards their hearts. - 1 Thessalonians 4:11 – And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Paul advises the Thessalonians to aim at a quiet life, to mind their own affairs and to work with their hands. - 2 Thessalonians 3:13 – But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
Paul tells the church not to tire of doing right, in a passage that also warns against idleness and meddling. - Philemon 1:7 – For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Paul tells Philemon that his love has brought great joy and comfort and has refreshed the hearts of God's people. - Hebrews 4:9-11 – There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
The writer says a Sabbath rest still remains for God's people and urges readers to make every effort to enter it. - Hebrews 12:3 – For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
The writer tells readers to consider how Jesus endured opposition from sinners so that they will not grow weary or lose heart. - Hebrews 12:12-13 – Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Having described discipline, the writer calls on readers to strengthen tired hands and weak knees and to make level paths. - 1 Peter 5:10 – But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you .
Peter assures suffering Christians that after a little while God himself will restore, strengthen and establish them. - Revelation 2:3 – And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Christ commends the church in Ephesus for enduring hardship for his name without growing weary. - Revelation 14:13 – And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
A voice from heaven declares the dead who die in the Lord blessed, since they will rest from their labor.
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