1) No rest for the weary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third
Edition. 2002
...must keep persevering no matter how tired or overworked you are. 1 A variant is no rest for the wicked, which implies that the devil will not allow his followers...
2) Burial Hymn by Henry Hart Milman. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A
Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
...of the flesh, 5 And from care and sin releas d, Where the wicked cease from troubling, And the weary are at rest. The toilsome way thou st travell d o er, And hast...
3) Psalms 125. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put...
4) 158. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:158 QUOTATION:There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice...
5) 17. Paraphrase of the First Psalm. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics
...sweeping blast. For why? that God the good adore, Hath giv n them peace and rest, But hath decreed that wicked men Shall ne er be truly blest. 20...
6) 595. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:595 QUOTATION:There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be atrest.There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of theoppressor....
7) 9790. Old Testament. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th
ed.
...NUMBER: 9790 AUTHOR: Old Testament QUOTATION: There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest. ATTRIBUTION: Job iii. 17. [text]...
8) 9126. Diogenes Laėrtius. fl. early 3d cent. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919.
Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...QUOTATION: Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, We are undone if we are known,...
9) XXXVII. Book I. Security of Those Who Trust in Jehovah, and Insecurity of
the Wicked. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics
...as the noonday. [7] Rest 6 in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked...
10) Psalms 37. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...as the noonday. 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...
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