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 a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives 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 vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy good things; and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity and sore travail.
Rise up
Proverbs 31:15
Vau She rose up even at night and gave food to her family and a portion to her maidens.
For so he
Psalm 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the LORD sustained me.
Psalm 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou only, O LORD, dost make me to be confident.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the servant is sweet whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will establish with them a covenant of peace and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Acts 12:5
Peter therefore was kept in the prison, and the congregation made prayer without unto God for him.
General references
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto 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 air and over every beast that moves upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the servant is sweet whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.