Psalm 127:2
It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep.
Genesis 3:17-19
Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’;
In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it
All the days of your life.
Job 11:18
“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope;
You would look around you and rest securely.
Psalm 3:5
I lay down and slept [safely];
I awakened, for the Lord sustains me.
Psalm 4:8
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
Psalm 39:5-6
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 60:5
That Your beloved ones may be rescued,
Save with Your right hand and answer us.
Proverbs 31:15-18
She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And assigns tasks to her maids.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure and gratification; so enjoy yourself and have a good time.” But behold, this too was vanity (futility, meaninglessness).
Ecclesiastes 2:20-23
So I turned aside and let my heart despair over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet the desire [of his soul] is not satisfied.
Jeremiah 31:26
At this I (Jeremiah) awoke and looked, and my [trancelike] sleep was sweet [in the assurance it gave] to me.
Ezekiel 34:25
“I will make a covenant of peace with them and will eliminate the predatory animals from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep [safely] in the woods.
Acts 12:5-6
So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent and persistent prayer for him was being made to God by the church.
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Vain
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Rise up
She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And assigns tasks to her maids.
For so he
I lay down and slept [safely];
I awakened, for the Lord sustains me.
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.