31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully
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I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
The wolf also 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 shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which 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 unto Israel in his days.
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- Peacefully (18 instances)
- Sleeping (91 instances)