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Bible Verses for Retirement
These KJV Bible verses speak to retirement. Find Scripture that meets you where you are.
What does the Bible say about retirement?
The Bible addresses retirement with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Ruth 3:18
“Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.”
— King James Version
2 Chronicles 24:14
“And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the L”
— King James Version
Isaiah 1:26
“And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.”
— King James Version
Acts 20:24
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”
— King James Version
Acts 21:7
“And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.”
— King James Version
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2 Timothy 4:7
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”
Titus 3:8
“This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto ...”
Hebrews 4:3
“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.”
Revelation 20:5
“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.”
Genesis 2:1
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”
Genesis 2:2
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.”
Genesis 2:3
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
Genesis 6:16
“A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”
Genesis 8:2
“The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;”
Genesis 8:4
“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”
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