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What the Bible says about REST
Exod 33:14 The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
Exod 34:21 "Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
IKing 5:4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster.
Job 11:18 You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
Ps 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
Ps 55:6 I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest--
Ps 62:1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.
Ps 62:5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.
Ps 116:7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
Isa 32:18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
Isa 63:14 like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.
Jer 31:2 This is what the LORD says: "The people who survive the sword will find favor in the desert; I will come to give rest to Israel."
Dan 12:13 "As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance."
Matt 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Mark 6:31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."
Heb 4:1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
Heb 4:10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
I Jn 3:19 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
Rev 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
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