Job 3:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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  • Job 17:16 : 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 ¶ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
  • Ps 55:5-8 : 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 ¶ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 ‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›
  • Luke 12:4 : 4 ‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.›
  • 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)

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  • Job 3:18-20
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    18 [There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

    19 The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master.

    20 ¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;

  • Job 3:13-14
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    13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

    14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

  • 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

  • 7 The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.

  • Isa 14:3-4
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    3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

    4 ¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7 ¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

    8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

  • 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.

  • Isa 57:20-21
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    20 But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

    21 [There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  • 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

  • Heb 4:9-10
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    9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

    10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.

  • Isa 32:17-18
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    17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

    18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

    11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • 12 To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

  • 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

  • 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.

  • 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.

  • 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • 15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

  • 20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

  • 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • 17 ¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  • 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:

  • 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

  • 22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

  • 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • 5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest.

  • 32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.

  • 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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

  • 19 ¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

  • 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

  • 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

  • 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

  • 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.