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 hand-breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state 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 pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.
Rise up
Proverbs 31:15
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, 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, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make 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 prison: but prayer was made without ceasing by the church to God for him.
General references
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living animal that moveth upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateth little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me.