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
General references
Bible References
Vain
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.
Rise up
Proverbs 31:15
And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's work to her maidens.
For so he
Psalm 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Psalm 4:8
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Acts 12:5
Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.
General references
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.