Psalms 4:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 3:5 : 5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.
  • Lev 25:18-19 : 18 So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land. 19 And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.
  • Lev 26:5 : 5 And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely.
  • Deut 12:10 : 10 But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;
  • Ps 16:8-9 : 8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved. 9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.
  • Prov 3:24 : 24 When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.
  • Ezek 34:25 : 25 And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.
  • Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword? 36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction. 37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love. 38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers, 39 Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Deut 33:27-29 : 27 The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them. 28 And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens. 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
  • Job 11:18-19 : 18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet; 19 Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
  • 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope. 14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 3:5-6
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    80%

    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

    6 I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.

  • Prov 3:23-24
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    77%

    23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

    24 When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

  • Ps 116:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

    8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

  • 18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

  • Ps 132:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,

    4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,

    5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

  • 6 And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

  • Ps 23:1-2
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    71%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

    2 He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.

  • 13 When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;

  • Job 11:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

    19 Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

  • 11 The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.

  • 9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

  • 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

  • 12 Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.

  • 4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

  • 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

  • 8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

  • 4 When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

  • 26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • 3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

  • 3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

  • 9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

  • 3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

  • 6 Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

  • 13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

  • 8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.

  • 33 But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

  • 6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

  • 13 For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

  • 4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

  • 2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

  • 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

  • Ps 4:4-5
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    69%

    4 Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

    5 Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.

  • 3 The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

  • 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

  • 3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

  • 18 He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

  • 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

  • 7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.

  • 3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

  • 8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.