Bible Verses About Sleep (19 Verses)
This collection has 19 Bible verses about sleep: 14 from the Old Testament and 5 from the New Testament. Psalm appears most often (6 verses), across 7 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about sleep? Read 19 carefully selected Bible verses about sleep, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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19 Bible Verses About Sleep
"When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet."
"When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."
"In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety."
"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety."
"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."
"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."
"Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread."
"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread."
"I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me."
"I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me."
"How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?"
"How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?"
"Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep."
"And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep."
"Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful."
"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."
"He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep."
"He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep."
"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."
"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."
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
"I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;"
"I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,"
"he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him."
"He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn."
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"
"In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."
"When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you."
"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."
"Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness."
"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."
"Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger."
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger."
"You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you."
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee."
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible and the King James Version (both public domain), checked word for word against the full text. Updated October 2, 2026.
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This collection has 19 Bible verses about sleep: 14 from the Old Testament and 5 from the New Testament. Psalm appears most often (6 verses), across 7 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about sleep? Read 19 carefully selected Bible verses about sleep, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Proverbs 3:24: "When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet." Psalm 4:8: "In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety." Psalm 127:2: "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." Full collection: 19 verses on this page (74% Old Testament, 26% New Testament).
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