16 Bible Verses about Wakefulness
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([Psalm of Solomon]) If Jehovah does not build the house, it is vain for the builders to work on it. If Jehovah does not protect a city, it is vain for the guard to stay alert.
That night the king was unable to get any sleep. He sent for the books of the records and had some one was read them to him.
I go to bed and I think: When will it be morning? But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
My skin is clothed with worms and scabs. My flesh breaks open filled with pus.
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.
And the doors will be shut in the streets. When the sound of the grinding is low he will rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music will be brought low.
It was the second year of his reign. He was troubled and could not sleep. Nebuchadnezzar had dreams and was disturbed by them.
The king went to his palace and did not eat. He refused musical entertainment and he could not sleep.
He arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
But your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. You, who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger.
Awake, awake, O Zion, put on your strength. Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers.
Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
For this reason it says: Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
From Thematic Bible
Wakefulness » Common causes of » Exhortations to moral and spiritual
Awake, awake, O Zion, put on your strength. Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger.
But your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. You, who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
For this reason it says: Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
