31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm

When you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.

I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.

My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.

"If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,

It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

Then I awoke and looked around, and I had had a pleasant sleep.

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest.

I'll give peace in the land so that you'll lie down without fear. I'll remove wild beasts from the land, and not even war will come to your land.

Then he enters into peace, and they'll rest on his couches, each one living righteously.

"But there is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

The fear of the LORD leads to life; whoever is satisfied with it will rest, untouched by evil.

"I'm going to enter into a covenant with them, one of peace, and I'll eliminate wild beasts from the land so they can live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests.

Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don't cast us off forever!

Now as for you, you'll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age.

I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe.

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

"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.

Then you will travel safely on your way, and your foot will not stumble.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on his side, woke him up, and said, "Get up quickly!" His chains fell from his wrists.

The watchman replies: "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you want to ask, then ask; come back again.'"

"But the person who listens to me will live safely and will be secure from the fear of evil."

So then I recommended enjoyment of life, because it is better on earth for a man to eat, drink, and be happy, since this will stay with him throughout his struggle all the days of his life, which God grants him on earth.

You have given me more joy in my heart than at harvest times, when grain and wine abound.

"The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; but as for the serpent its food will be dust! They won't harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain," says the LORD.

For you'll have a pact with the stones in the field; and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.

"You have shed a lot of blood and fought great battles. You won't be building a house for my name, since you have shed so much blood on the earth in my sight. But look! A son born to you will live comfortably, because I will give him rest from all his enemies that surround him on every side, since his name will be "Solomon" - I will give peace and quiet for Israel during his lifetime.