Thematic Bible: Sleep


Thematic Bible



But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.


But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.






Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,


When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.


Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place.

He said, “Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.


He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.”

And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?

Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.

“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,

Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright.




Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.



When you walk about, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.






Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;

How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"--




His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;


"Therefore, be on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning-- in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep.



And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.


He said, “Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.

Now they were all weeping and lamenting for her; but He said, “Stop weeping, for she has not died, but is asleep.”

This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep." The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."


But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.

Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.


How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"--






His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;


"Therefore, be on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning-- in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep.