Sleep

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

…and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

…she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

…because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

…be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.

And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.

Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

…so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

…then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,

I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.

Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.

They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

…in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.