31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

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

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.

he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.

"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

The fear of the LORDleads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

"I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!

As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.

Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.

leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.

The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."

but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."

And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.