31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.

When thou lay down, thou shall not be afraid. Yea, thou shall lay down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

I laid down and slept. I awoke, for LORD sustains me.

And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of toil, [for] so he gives sleep to his beloved.

Upon this I awoke, and beheld, and my sleep was sweet to me.

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

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

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lay down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, nor shall the sword go through your land.

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

There is no peace, says LORD, to the wicked.

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains. And guards in front of the door guarded the prison.

The fear of LORD is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.

And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Awake, why do thou sleep, O LORD? Arise, cast not off forever.

But thou will go to thy fathers in peace; thou will be buried in a good old age.

And in that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and

For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also those who became asleep through Jesus, God will bring with him.

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.

Then thou shall walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.

And behold, an agent of Lord stood near, and light shone in the room. And after striking the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, Get up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night. If ye will inquire, inquire ye; turn ye back, come.

But he who hearkens to me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.

Then I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be cheerful. For that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says LORD.

For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that ye may not grieve, as also the others who have no hope.

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for his name shall be Solomon. And I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.