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
“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

Rise up

Proverbs 31:15
She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.

For so he

Psalm 3:5
I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.
Psalm 4:8
In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
Ezekiel 34:25
“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Acts 12:5
So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

General references

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

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