58 Bible Verses about Sleep, Physical

Stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant. An angel touched him and said: Get up and eat some food.

At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant.

The disciples said, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he would recover. Jesus spoke of his death. They thought he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep.

My son, do not let them depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion! They will mean life to you and adornment to your neck. You will walk in your way safely. Your foot will not stumble.read more.
When you lie down you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.

There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.

They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are drunk in the night.

I tell you, that on that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken (learn) (be received) and the other will be left (omited) (forsaken).

We must work the works of him that sent me while it is day. When the night comes no man can work.

You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers. The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

As soon as the sun went down he stopped for the night. He took one of the stones from that place, put it under his head, and lay down there. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway set up on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven. He saw the angels of God going up and coming down on it.

Two years later Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed he was standing by the Nile River.

The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem) will be like a bad dream, a vision in the night. Many will fight against her and bring distress to her. It will be like a hungry man who dreams that he eats. But when he awakes he is empty and still hungry! It will also be like a thirsty man who dreams that he drinks. When he awakes he is thirsty and weak and hungry. The multitude of nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like this.

It was the second year of his reign. He was troubled and could not sleep. Nebuchadnezzar had dreams and was disturbed by them.

I saw a dream that made me afraid. When I saw this vision my thoughts troubled me.

Daniel had a dream and visions. He wrote the summery of the dream that came to his mind while he was in bed. It was the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon.

Leah replied: Is it not enough that you took my husband? Are you also going to take my son's mandrake plants? Rachel responded: Very well, Jacob can go to bed with you tonight in return for your son's mandrake plants. Jacob came in from the fields that evening. Leah went out to meet him. You are to sleep with me, she said. You are my reward for my son's mandrake plants. So he went to bed with her that night.

So David sent messengers to get her. She came to him and they had sexual intercourse. She had just cleansed herself after her monthly period. Then she went home.

She said to Abram: Jehovah has kept me from having children. Go sleep with my maidservant. Perhaps I can build a family through her. Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sexual intercourse with her, he must pay the bride price and marry her.

If a man is caught having sexual intercourse with another mans wife, then both of them shall die! Both the man and the woman committing adultery must be killed. Thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Saul had a concubine named Rizpah. She was Aiah's daughter. Ishbosheth asked Abner: Why did you have sex with my father's concubine?

Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep. For you alone, O Jehovah, make my dwelling safe and secure.

Suddenly a storm blew in and the boat was covered with waves. Jesus was asleep.

He was in back of the boat sleeping on a cushion. They woke him. They said: Master is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

Jesus fell asleep as they sailed to the other side. A large windstorm came to the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.

It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door.

He will not allow your foot to slip. He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

I lie down and sleep. I wake up again because Jehovah continues to sustain me. I am not afraid of the tens of thousands who have taken positions against me on all sides.

Though you stayed among the sheep pens, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold.

I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Jehovah God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him.

Eliphaz of Teman continued: I was told something secretly and heard something whispered in my ear. I am with disturbing thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on people.

God does speak, now one-way and then another, though man may not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,read more.
that turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride. It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.

Daniel said: I saw in my vision by night, the four winds of heaven blew upon the great sea.

Paul had a vision that night. In it he saw a Macedonian standing and pleading with him, Come over to Macedonia and help us!

David took the spear and the water jar from beside Saul's head. Then he and Abishai left. No one saw it or knew what happened. No one woke up. They were all sound asleep, because Jehovah sent a heavy sleep on them all.

Jehovah has made you drowsy. He shut your eyes in a deep sleep you prophets and visionaries. He overwhelmed your leaders.

Laziness propels one into a deep sleep. An idle person will suffer hunger.

The soldiers were instructed to say: His disciples came at night and stole him while we slept.

He could come suddenly and find you sleeping.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps at the harvest is a son who causes shame.

The sailors were so afraid that each man cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was on the ship into the sea to lighten the load. At that time Jonah was fast asleep down in the innermost parts of the ship. So the captain came to him, and said: Why are you sleeping? Get up and call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.

When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: Could you not watch with me one hour?

He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Peter, Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour?

When he finished his prayer he went to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of their sorrow. He said: Why do you sleep? Arise and pray that you do not enter into temptation.

A young man named Eutychus sat in the window. He was very sleepy. Paul's talk was long and he fell asleep. He fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

Peter and his companions were very sleepy. When they awoke they saw his brilliance and the two men that stood with him.

Delilah said to Samson: You still make a fool of me. What is the truth? Tell me how someone could tie you up. He told her: If you weave my seven locks of hair into a loom, and make it tight with a peg, I will be weak. Delilah lulled him to sleep. She took his seven locks of hair and wove them into the loom. She made it tight with a peg and shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and pulled his hair loose from the loom.

My son, if you serve as surety for your friend and you give your pledge to him, You are snared with the words of your mouth. You are captured by the words of your mouth! You are now in the power of that person. Here is what you should do: Go and beg for permission to call off the agreement.read more.
Do this before you fall asleep. Do not allow your eyes to close. Deliver your self like a deer from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler (bird catcher).

You will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea; like one who lies on top of a mast.

While he slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds with the wheat, and went away.

How long will you sleep, O lazy person? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest. Your poverty comes like a traveler. Your need comes like an armed man.

Do not love sleep or you will come to poverty. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Israel's watchmen are blind. They all lack knowledge they are all mute dogs. They cannot bark. They just lie around and dream, they love to sleep.