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10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
View on BibleGateway3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'"although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
View on BibleGateway28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
View on BibleGateway2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
View on BibleGateway44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands.
View on BibleGateway4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.
View on BibleGateway18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
View on BibleGateway12 "Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
View on BibleGateway7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.
View on BibleGateway21 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
View on BibleGateway18 And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.
View on BibleGateway4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
View on BibleGateway5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
View on BibleGateway14 And he said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
View on BibleGateway2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
View on BibleGateway15 For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling,
View on BibleGateway7 Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
View on BibleGateway8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
View on BibleGateway16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
View on BibleGateway9 for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
View on BibleGateway5 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
View on BibleGateway31 And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
View on BibleGateway23 he said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'"
View on BibleGateway2 Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,
View on BibleGateway32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."
View on BibleGateway14 "This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
View on BibleGateway15 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.
View on BibleGateway7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
View on BibleGateway10 Arise and go, for this is no place to rest, because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.
View on BibleGateway12 to whom he has said, "This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose"; yet they would not hear.
View on BibleGateway17 There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
View on BibleGateway24 "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
View on BibleGateway8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.
View on BibleGateway18 She replied, "Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today."
View on BibleGateway2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
View on BibleGateway1 Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
View on BibleGateway3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
View on BibleGateway26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes."
View on BibleGateway6 And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
View on BibleGateway33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
View on BibleGateway3 "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.
View on BibleGateway11 And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, 'We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.'
View on BibleGateway9 Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
View on BibleGateway6 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
View on BibleGateway15 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise."
View on BibleGateway11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
View on BibleGateway13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
View on BibleGateway7 Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
View on BibleGateway8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
View on BibleGateway14 "This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
View on BibleGateway2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
View on BibleGateway3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
View on BibleGateway6 And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
View on BibleGateway2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
View on BibleGateway23 he said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'"
View on BibleGateway11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
View on BibleGateway12 "Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
View on BibleGateway15 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.
View on BibleGateway14 And he said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
View on BibleGateway21 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
View on BibleGateway2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
View on BibleGateway3 "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.
View on BibleGateway32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."
View on BibleGateway4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
View on BibleGateway9 for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
View on BibleGateway15 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise."
View on BibleGateway44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands.
View on BibleGateway18 She replied, "Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today."
View on BibleGateway4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.
View on BibleGateway9 Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
View on BibleGateway17 There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
View on BibleGateway26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes."
View on BibleGateway18 And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.
View on BibleGateway16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
View on BibleGateway33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
View on BibleGateway6 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
View on BibleGateway7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
View on BibleGateway12 to whom he has said, "This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose"; yet they would not hear.
View on BibleGateway15 For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength." But you were unwilling,
View on BibleGateway18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
View on BibleGateway7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.
View on BibleGateway1 Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
View on BibleGateway2 Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,
View on BibleGateway10 Arise and go, for this is no place to rest, because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.
View on BibleGateway11 And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, 'We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.'
View on BibleGateway13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
View on BibleGateway28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
View on BibleGateway31 And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
View on BibleGateway24 "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
View on BibleGateway5 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
View on BibleGateway3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'"although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
View on BibleGateway8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.
View on BibleGateway10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
View on BibleGateway