31 Bible Verses about Sleeping Peacefully

In peace I will both lie down and sleep. For you alone, O Jehovah, make my dwelling safe and secure.

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

I lie down and sleep. I wake up again because Jehovah continues to sustain me.

My people will live in a peaceful place, in safe homes and quiet places of rest.

For now I would be lying down in peace. I would be asleep and at rest.

It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep.

At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant.

They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

The sleep of the workingman is pleasant, whether he eats little or much. However the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

I will give you peace in your land. You can sleep without being afraid of anyone. I will get rid of the dangerous animals in the land. And there will be no more war there.

He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.

There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.

It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door.

Respect for Jehovah leads to life. He who has it will be satisfied. He will not be visited by evil.

I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Jehovah? Awake! Do not reject us forever!

As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace. You shall be buried at a good old age.

At that time I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus.

The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the well-fed animal together. A little boy will lead them.

You will walk in your way safely. Your foot will not stumble.

leave your gift at the altar and go make peace with your brother. Then return and make your offering.

Suddenly God's angel came to him. A light shined in the prison. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up saying: Get up quickly. And his chains fell off of his hands.

The watchman replies: Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.

Whoever listens to me will be secure and will be free from the fear of evil.

Then I commended enjoyment (pleasure), because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. That will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

You will put gladness (joy) in my heart. It will be more than when their grain and new wine abound.

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the bull, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on my entire holy mountain, Jehovah proclaims.

You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you.

I do not want you to be ignorant brothers, concerning those who are asleep (in death). You do not need to sorrow like others who have no hope.

You will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon (peace), and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.