29 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.

Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.

For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;