Quotes about Rest
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
— John 4:6
They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
— Acts 2:3
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
— Acts 16:17
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
— Acts 28:12
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
— 2 Corinthians 7:5
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
— 2 Corinthians 12:9
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
— Hebrews 3:11
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
— Hebrews 3:18
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
— Hebrews 4:1
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
— Hebrews 4:3
For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
— Hebrews 4:4
And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
— Hebrews 4:5