31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully
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I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.
If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraid, but shall take thy rest and sleep sweetly.
And my people shall dwell in the inns of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is enough in them all.
It is but lost labour that ye rise up early, and take no rest, but eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
When I heard this, I came again to myself, and mused, like as I had been waked out of a sweet sleep.
For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.
A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
And I will send peace in your land, that ye shall sleep, and no man shall make you afraid. And I will rid evil beasts out of your land, and there shall no sword go throughout your land.
that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.
And when Herod would have brought him out unto the people, the same night slept Peter between two soldiers, bound with two chains; And the keepers before the door kept the prison.
The fear of the LORD preserveth the life; yea it giveth plenteousness, without the visitation of any plague.
Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them, and drive all evil beasts out of the land: so that they may dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Arise, LORD! Why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from us forever.
Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:
Then will I make a covenant with them, with the wild beasts, with the fowls of the air, and with everything that creepeth upon the earth. As for bow, sword and battle, I will destroy such out of the land, and will make them to sleep safely.
For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again: even so them also which sleep by Jesus, will God bring again with him.
Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down by the goat. Bullocks, Lions and cattle shall keep company together, so that a little child shall rule them.
Then shalt thou walk safely in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble.
leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
And behold, the angel of the Lord was there present, and a light shined in the lodge. And he smote Peter on the side, and stirred him up, saying, "Arise up quickly." And his chains fell off from his hands.
The watchman answered, "The morning cometh, and so doth the night. If ye will ask any question, then ask it, return and come again."
But who so hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and have enough without any fear of evil."
Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart since the time that their corn and wine and oil increased.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat hay like the bullock. But earth shall be the serpent's meat. There shall no man hurt nor slay another, in all my holy hill, sayeth the LORD.
But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace.
I would not, brethren, have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not as others do which have no hope.
Behold, a son shall be born thee which shall be a man of rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about. And his name shall be Solomon: for I will send rest and peace upon Israel in his days.
