Bible Verses About Sleeping
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sleeping, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 655 votes, led by Psalms 4:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sleeping
Psalms 4:892 votes
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Proverbs 3:2428 votes
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Psalms 127:224 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 20:1321 votes
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
John 14:2719 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.
Proverbs 6:918 votes
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Matthew 8:2418 votes
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Psalms 121:3-417 votes
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Revelation 11:1-1917 votes
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Psalms 3:516 votes
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
Matthew 11:2816 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Philippians 4:6-716 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1215 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.
Isaiah 26:315 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Matthew 11:28-3014 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalms 132:413 votes
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Isaiah 26:3-413 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Matthew 9:2413 votes
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Philippians 4:613 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Psalms 56:312 votes
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Isaiah 41:1012 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.
Matthew 6:3412 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.
John 11:1112 votes
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Romans 8:2612 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.
Revelation 1:112 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about sleeping?
Readers most often cite Psalms 4:8 on the subject of sleeping. Across 655 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 3:24, 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.