Sleeping

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. — read the full passage →

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

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

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. — read the full passage →

I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

Then he came to his disciples, and said to 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.

“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one momentto his lifespan?

On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

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

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. — read the full passage →

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. — read the full passage →

so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”

Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”

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

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

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

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow 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 tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

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

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? — read the full passage →

Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, — read the full passage →

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. — read the full passage →

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. — read the full passage →

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

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

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

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

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

If you love me, keep my commandments.

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

Yahweh God formed man from 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.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn’t know how.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. — read the full passage →

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

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;