Thematic Bible: Sleep
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Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Sleep
and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.
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Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Sleep
and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.
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Protection » Is vouchsafed to saints in » Sleep
you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
Sleep » Spiritual » Symbol of death
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
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When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
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They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
they will not stir from their sleep.
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” And saying this, he fell asleep.
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Listen! I am telling you a mystery:
We will not all fall asleep,
but we will all be changed,
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but we will all be changed,
Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam became king in his place.
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Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram became king in his place.
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Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree.
Suddenly, an angel touched him. The angel told him, “Get up and eat.”
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Suddenly, an angel touched him.
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour?
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The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep.
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As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
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Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.
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He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place.
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So David took the spear and the water jug by Saul’s head, and they went their way. No one saw them, no one knew, and no one woke up; they all remained asleep because a deep sleep from the Lord came over them.
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when deep sleep
While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, made me stand up,
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Sleep » Of the righteous sweet
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.
you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.
But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”
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On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
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for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
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Sleep » The love of, a mark of indolence
the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.
or slumber to your eyelids.
How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
as it is written:
God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.
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eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.
for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:
Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.
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and the Messiah will shine on you.
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
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Therefore be alert, since you don't know when the master of the house is coming-whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning. Otherwise, he might come suddenly and find you sleeping.
So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be serious.
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Sleep » A symbol of death
He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”
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They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
they will not stir from their sleep.
Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
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Everyone was crying and mourning for her. But He said, “Stop crying, for she is not dead but asleep.”
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He said this, and then He told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm on My way to wake him up." Then the disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."
Sleep » Of jesus
and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.
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But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”
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Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.
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Sleep » Of the sluggard (very lazy person)
How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,
Sleep » From God
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
as it is written:
God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.
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eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.
for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:
Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.
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and the Messiah will shine on you.
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
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Therefore be alert, since you don't know when the master of the house is coming-whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning. Otherwise, he might come suddenly and find you sleeping.
So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be serious.
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