What the Bible says about rest and tiredness

The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matt 11:28–30Come 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.”

Isa 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Isa 40:29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

Jer 31:25for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

Ps 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Isa 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Ps 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

Heb 4:9–11There 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.

Gen 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Ps 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain