Bible verses about "relaxing" | BBE

¹ To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song. God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble. ² For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea; ³ Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. Selah. ⁴ There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High. ⁵ God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning. ⁶ The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax. ⁷ The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah. ⁸ Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth. ⁹ He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire. ¹⁰ Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth. ¹¹ The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah.

¹⁴ And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

¹² To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

¹ If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. ² And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing. ³ And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me. ⁴ Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; ⁵ Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil; ⁶ It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true; ⁷ Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things. ⁸ Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end. ⁹ For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true: ¹⁰ But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary. ¹¹ When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child. ¹² For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me. ¹³ But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

¹⁶ Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

¹ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ: ² May mercy and peace and love be increased in you. ³ My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever. ⁴ For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. ⁵ Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith; ⁶ And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging. ⁷ Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. ⁸ In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers. ⁹ Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be your judge. ¹⁰ But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction. ¹¹ A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah. ¹² These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots, ¹³ Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever. ¹⁴ The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints, ¹⁵ To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him. ¹⁶ These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward. ¹⁷ But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things. ¹⁹ These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit. ²⁰ But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²² And have pity on those who are in doubt; ²³ And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh. ²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy, ²⁵ To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.

³⁴ But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

⁶ For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

¹ Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 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. ³ He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. ⁴ You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation. ⁵ You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, ⁶ Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high. ⁷ You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. ⁸ Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers. ⁹ Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place; ¹⁰ No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent. ¹¹ For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go. ¹² In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. ¹³ You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet. ¹⁴ Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart. ¹⁵ When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour. ¹⁶ With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.

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. ³ He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name. 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. ⁵ You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing. 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.

¹⁰ So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

¹ In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a secret was unfolded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a hard work: and he had knowledge of it, and the vision was clear to him. ² In those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three full weeks. ³ I had no pleasing food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, and I put no oil on my body till three full weeks were ended. ⁴ And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was by the side of the great river; ⁵ And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best gold: ⁶ And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the sound of his voice was like the sound of an army. ⁷ And I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see it; but a great shaking came on them and they went in flight to take cover. ⁸ So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face. ⁹ But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth. ¹⁰ Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands. ¹¹ And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear. ¹² Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words. ¹³ But the angel of the kingdom of Persia put himself against me for twenty-one days; but Michael, one of the chief angels, came to my help; and when I came he was still there with the angel of the kings of Persia. ¹⁴ Now I have come to give you knowledge of the fate of your people in the later days; for there is still a vision for the days. ¹⁵ And after he had said these words to me, I kept my face turned to the earth and was unable to say anything. ¹⁶ Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength. ¹⁷ For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body. ¹⁸ Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me and gave me strength. ¹⁹ And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear: peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up. And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on, for you have given me strength. ²⁰ Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings: ²¹ But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia, and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.

²⁵ Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

⁶ Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.