Sleeping

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; Forso he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. — read the full passage →

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. — read the full passage →

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.

Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head. — read the full passage →

So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.

Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished. — read the full passage →

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: — read the full passage →

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids; — read the full passage →

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall dwell in safety.

Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of my head.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. — read the full passage →

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? — read the full passage →

Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction; — read the full passage →

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. — read the full passage →

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more. — read the full passage →

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy.

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah — read the full passage →

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.

And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion: and they awake him, and say unto him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;