Bible Verses About Sleep
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sleep, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 61,846 votes, led by Proverbs 3:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sleep
Proverbs 3:242,607 votes
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Psalms 4:82,584 votes
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Psalms 127:22,275 votes
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Proverbs 20:131,629 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Psalms 3:51,462 votes
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
Proverbs 6:91,315 votes
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Matthew 8:241,234 votes
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
John 14:271,144 votes
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Psalms 121:3-41,131 votes
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Ecclesiastes 5:121,022 votes
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Matthew 11:28-30986 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28937 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalms 132:4860 votes
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Matthew 9:24853 votes
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Proverbs 6:10839 votes
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Philippians 4:6-7832 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Isaiah 26:3-4804 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Philippians 4:6777 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Psalms 91:1-16746 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Isaiah 41:10733 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalms 56:3729 votes
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Romans 8:26716 votes
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Matthew 6:34703 votes
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Psalms 132:4-5702 votes
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Proverbs 19:15692 votes
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
What does the Bible say about sleep?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 3:24 on the subject of sleep. Across 61,846 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 4:8, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 20:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.