20 Bible Verses about

Rest During Difficult Times

Job 3:26 BSB

I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

Isaiah 30:15 BSB

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”

Proverbs 6:10 BSB

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 24:33 BSB

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 3:24 BSB

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

Psalm 25:18 BSB

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 BSB

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

Job 30:27 BSB

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

Lamentations 1:3 BSB

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Deuteronomy 16:3 BSB

You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.