37 Bible Verses about awakening

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

For this reason it says,
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”

When you walk about, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.

Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.

As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.

I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”

“I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not arouse or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

Thus says the Lord,
“Behold, a people is coming from the north land,
And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

Awake, my glory!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.

Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago.
Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced the dragon?

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
Like a warrior overcome by wine.

“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.

“Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!

This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.

If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.

Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.

His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

“Will not your creditors rise up suddenly,
And those who collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power
And come to save us!

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered, “I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do.”

It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, “The lad has not awakened.”

so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!

And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”