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16 Bible Verses About Self Care

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  • God rested on the seventh day and blessed it (Genesis 2:2-3), and the Sabbath command in Exodus gives that rest as its reason (Exodus 20:8-11).
  • Psalm 127:2 calls sleep a gift God “gives to his beloved” and says anxious toil from early to late is in vain.
  • When Elijah asked to die, an angel twice gave him food and water and let him sleep (1 Kings 19:4-7).
  • 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 calls the body a temple of the Holy Spirit in a passage about sexual immorality.
  • Galatians 6 says both “bear one another’s burdens” (verse 2) and “each will have to bear his own load” (verse 5).

The Bible commands rest and calls sleep a gift. God rests on the seventh day in Genesis 2:2-3, that rest becomes a law for Israel in Exodus 20:8-10, and Psalm 127:2 says God “gives to his beloved sleep.” Jesus took his tired disciples away to rest (Mark 6:31), and an angel fed Elijah and let him sleep after he asked to die (1 Kings 19:4-6). Paul takes it for granted that “no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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