Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the laborer is pleasant -- whether he eats little or much -- but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Genesis 3:17-19

But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Job 11:18

And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

Psalm 3:5

I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.

Psalm 4:8

I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.

Psalm 39:5-6

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Psalm 60:5

Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

Proverbs 31:15-18

She also gets up while it is still night, and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:20-23

So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

Jeremiah 31:26

Then they will say, 'Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.'"

Ezekiel 34:25

"'I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods.

Acts 12:5-6

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Rise up

Bible References

Vain

Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Rise up

Proverbs 31:15
She also gets up while it is still night, and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

For so he

Psalm 3:5
I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.
Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the laborer is pleasant -- whether he eats little or much -- but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Then they will say, 'Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.'"
Ezekiel 34:25
"'I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods.
Acts 12:5
So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

General references

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the laborer is pleasant -- whether he eats little or much -- but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Then they will say, 'Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.'"

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