Bible Verses About Rest & the Good Shepherd

"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."

"In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for He grants sleep to the one He loves."

"He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber."

"Indeed, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep."

"The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand."

"I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me."

"On my bed I remember You; I think of You through the watches of the night."

"The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life."

"Even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You."

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

"He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes."

"Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you."

"There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God."

"And He said, My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

"Then Jesus said to them, Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest a while."

"Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me."

"Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him."

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep."

"I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me."

"My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me."

"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand."

"I Myself will tend My flock, and I Myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD."

"For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care. Today, if only you would hear His voice."

"In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?"

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me, so that you also may be where I am."

"Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings."

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words."

"Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

"The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands."

"When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place."

"What is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him?"

"The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen."