Job 3:17

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There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:16 : 16 Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say,“Write this:‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”“Yes,” says the Spirit,“so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them.”
  • Job 14:13 : 13 The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
  • Ps 55:5-8 : 5 Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me. 6 I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place! 7 Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness.(Selah) 8 I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.”
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil. 2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Luke 12:4 : 4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.
  • 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
  • Heb 4:9 : 9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
  • 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

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    18There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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  • Job 3:13-14
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    13For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

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    13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

  • Isa 14:7
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    7The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

  • Isa 14:3-4
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    3When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

    4you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:“Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

    8Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

  • Isa 57:2
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    2Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

  • Isa 57:20-21
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    20But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

    21There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”

  • Job 3:26
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    26I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me.”

  • Heb 4:9-10
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    9Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

    10For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

  • Isa 32:17-18
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    17Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.

    18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

  • Ps 37:10-11
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

    11But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

  • Isa 28:12
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    12In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.

  • Job 15:20
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    20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

  • Job 3:16
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    16Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

  • Job 17:16
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    16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

  • Ps 125:3
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    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Job 14:12
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    12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

  • Job 7:13
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    13If I say,“My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

  • Job 10:20
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    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • Job 3:7
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    7Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

  • Isa 17:14
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    14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Job 34:29
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    29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

  • Heb 3:11
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    11“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’”

  • Isa 48:22
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    22There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the LORD.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Heb 4:5
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    5but to repeat the text cited earlier:“They will never enter my rest!”

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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Eccl 6:5
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    5though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man–

  • Ps 37:1
    70%

    1By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

  • Job 4:13
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    13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

  • Job 38:15
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    15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

  • Heb 4:3
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    3For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

  • Lam 3:17
    70%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Job 23:7
    70%

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Ps 107:30
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    30The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

  • Job 30:17
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    17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.