Psalm 127:2

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Psalm 127:2

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Job 11:18

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

Psalm 4:8

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

Psalm 39:5-6

You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Psalm 60:5

God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

Proverbs 31:15-18

She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:20-23

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

Jeremiah 31:26

At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

Ezekiel 34:25

And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

Acts 12:5-6

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

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Summary

Psalm 127:2

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.

Vain

Rise up

Proverbs 31:15

For so he

Acts 12:5

General references

Genesis 1:28

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Jeremiah 31:26

Bible References

Vain

You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

Rise up

She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

For so he

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

General references

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.