Psalms 127:2
"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."
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- Ecclesiastes 5:12
"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."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 4:8
"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety."
Read in chapter → - Job 11:18
"And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 3:5
"I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:20
"Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 31:26
"Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 34:25
"And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 1:14
"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 31:15
"She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 6:7
"All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled."
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