31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, the LORD alone, make me live in safety.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for the LORD sustains me.

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

For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

For they do not sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

"'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

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

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

"'I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Wake up. Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise. Do not reject us forever.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

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

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

Then you shall walk in your way securely, and your foot won't stumble.

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

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

The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm."

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, 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 enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.