'Sleep' in the Bible

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”

Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair and wove them into the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.

She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.

So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.

During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,When deep sleep falls on men,

So man lies down and does not rise.Until the heavens are no longer,He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

“In a dream, a vision of the night,When sound sleep falls on men,While they slumber in their beds,

In peace I will both lie down and sleep,For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord?Awake, do not reject us forever.

The stouthearted were plundered,They sank into sleep;And none of the warriors could use his hands.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,Like a warrior overcome by wine.

Behold, He who keeps IsraelWill neither slumber nor sleep.

It is vain for you to rise up early,To retire late,To eat the bread of painful labors;For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

I will not give sleep to my eyesOr slumber to my eyelids,

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Give no sleep to your eyes,Nor slumber to your eyelids;

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?When will you arise from your sleep?

“A little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to rest”—

When you walk about, they will guide you;When you sleep, they will watch over you;And when you awake, they will talk to you.

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,And an idle man will suffer hunger.

The fear of the Lord leads to life,So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

“A little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to rest,”

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,He has shut your eyes, the prophets;And He has covered your heads, the seers.

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

“When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquetAnd make them drunk, that they may become jubilantAnd may sleep a perpetual sleepAnd not wake up,” declares the Lord.

“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk,Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men,That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright.

But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep.

And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.

Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him.

This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.