50 Bible Verses About Sleep

“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.”

“God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.””

““‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.”

“Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’”

“You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.”

“God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.”

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

“There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.”

“I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes.””

“In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,”

“When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.”

“God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.”

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

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

“Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.”

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

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

“Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord?The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Arise! Don’t reject us forever.”

“Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.”

“to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,”

“Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”

“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.”

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

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

“For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.”

“Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.”

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

“The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.”

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

“a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;”

“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.”

“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.”

“I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.””

“It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,”

“The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.”

“He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.”

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”

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

“When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh.”

““For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.””

“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.”

“He came the third time, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.”

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

“Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.”

“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.”

“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.”

“that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.”

“For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.”

“For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.”

“For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.”