Scripture Folios
Genesis 2:2–3 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished. Chapter Related Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Chapter Related Exodus 33:14 And the Lord answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Chapter Related Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. Chapter Related Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. Chapter Related 1 Kings 19:12 After the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice. Chapter Related Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.” Chapter Related Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him. Chapter Related Psalm 116:7 Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. Chapter Related Psalm 127:2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved. Chapter Related Psalm 131:2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. Chapter Related Isaiah 30:15 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.” Chapter Related Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’” Chapter Related Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Chapter Related Matthew 11:28–30 “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 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. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Chapter Related Mark 2:27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Chapter Related Mark 6:31 And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. Chapter Related Luke 10:41–42 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things. But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.” Chapter Related Luke 23:56 Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment. Chapter Related John 4:23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. Chapter Related Philippians 4:6–7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Chapter Related Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.” Chapter Related Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Chapter Related Hebrews 4:3 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. Chapter Related Hebrews 4:9–11 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. Chapter Related
God rested on the seventh day, and the command to rest makes no exception for plowing or harvest. The commandment is given twice, with two reasons. Exodus points to creation. Deuteronomy points to Egypt: you were slaves, and slaves get no day off. Rest is what freedom looks like. It is also where God is found. “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Elijah meets him not in the fire but in a still, small voice; a psalmist stills and quiets his soul like a weaned child. Isaiah names the catch: your strength would lie in quiet confidence, but you were not willing. Jesus echoes Jeremiah when he promises rest for your souls, and he draws the anxious and the busy aside: Martha, only one thing is necessary. The Son sat down when his work was done. The rest that remains is entered the same way, by ceasing from our own work.