31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.

When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

I laid down and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah kept me.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable home, and in secure dwellings and quiet resting places.

For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have 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 gives His beloved sleep.

On this I awoke and looked up; and my sleep was sweet to me.

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

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

And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down and none shall make you afraid. And I will cause evil beasts to cease 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.

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

And when Herod was about to bring him out, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Also guards were keeping the prison before the door.

The fear of Jehovah tends to life, and he rests satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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

Awaken! Why do You sleep, O Jehovah? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.

And in that day I will cut 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 earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

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

then you shall walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble.

leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

And behold! An angel of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the building. And striking Peter's side, he raised him up, saying, Rise up quickly! And his chains fell off his hands.

The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire, and come again.

But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Then I praised gladness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be glad; for that shall go with him of his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the food of the snake. They will not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says Jehovah.

For you shall be in covenant with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you be not grieved, even as others who have no hope.

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