48 Bible Verses about Sleeplessness

My son, if thou becamest surety for thy friend, thou didst strike thy hands for a stranger; Thou wert snared with the sayings of thy mouth, thou wert taken with the sayings of thy mouth. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself when thou camest into the hand of thy friend; go humble thyself and enlarge thy friend.read more.
Thou shalt not give sleep to thine eyes, and slumber to thine eyelashes.

Thou saidst, Wo to me now! for Jehovah added grief upon my pain; I was weary in my sighing, and I found not rest.

In vain for you rising early to arise from after sitting; eating the bread of toils: so will he give to his beloved sleep.

The night my bones pierced from above me, and my gnawers will not lie down.

If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight And my flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away.

And he was chastened with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones perpetually.

And the smoke of their torture goes up forever and ever: and they have no rest day and night, those worshipping the wild beast and his image, and if any receive the stamp of his name.

In the path of the unjust thou shalt not go, and thou shalt not advance in the way of the wicked. Reject it, thou shalt not pass in it; turn aside from it and pass by. For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.

None fainted, and none were weak among them; none shall slumber and none shall sleep; and the girdle of their loins was not loosed, and the thong of their shoes was not broken:

If I shall give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eye-lashes, Even till I shall find a place for Jehovah, dwellings for the mighty one of Jacob.

I appointed those watching over thy walls, O Jerusalem: all the day and all the night continually they shall not be silent: ye remembering Jehovah, no stillness to you.

And she a widow of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, with fastings and supplications serving night and day.

And it was in those days, he went out to the mount to pray, and he was passing the whole night in prayer to God.

And being conscious, he came to the house of Mary mother of John, surnamed Mark; where were sufficient assembled, and praying.

I was in the day, the drought consumed me, and cold in the night, and sleep will flee away from mine eyes.

And the spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah terrified him.

And Saul's servants will say to him, Behold now, an evil spirit of God terrifying thee. Will our lord now say to thy servants before thee, Seek out a man knowing to play upon the harp: and it was in the evil spirit of God being upon thee, and he playing with the hand and doing good to thee. And Saul will say to his servants, See, now, a man to me being good to play, and bring to me.read more.
And one of his boys will answer and say, I saw a son to Jesse of the House of Bread, knowing to play, mighty of strength, and a man of war, and discerning the word, and a man of figure, and Jehovah with him. And Saul will send messengers to Jesse, and he will say, Send to me David thy son who is with the sheep. And Jesse will take a heap of bread and a sack of wine, and one kid of the goats, and he will send by the hand of David his son to Saul. And David will come to Saul, and stand before him: and he will love him greatly; and he will be to him lifting up the arms. And Saul will send to Jesse, saying, David shall stand now before me, for he found grace in mine eyes. And it was in the spirit of God being upon Saul, and David took the harp and played with his hand, and it was refreshed to Saul, and it was good to him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight

Also I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the straitness of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me? For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;read more.
And thou didst terrify me with dreams, and thou wilt make me afraid with visions: And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones.

Then the king departed to his temple and passed the night fasting: and he brought not his concubines before him, and his sleep fled from him.

In fatigue and toil, in watchfulnesses often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

In blows, in imprisonments, in disorders, in fatigues, in watchings, in fastings;

No peace, said Jehovah, to the unjust

As I aware in my wrath, If they shall come into my rest.)

Let us therefore fear, lest a solemn promise being left to come into his rest, any of you should seem to have failed. For we also were announced of the good news, as well as they: but the word of the report profited them not, not being mixed with faith to them having heard. For we having believed come into the rest, as he said, As I sware in my wrath, if they shall come into my rest: although the works having been from the foundation of the world.read more.
For he said somewhere of the seventh thus, And God ceased in the seventh day from all his works. And in this again, If they shall enter into my rest.

In the morning thou shalt say, Who shall give evening? and in the evening thou shalt say, Who shall give morning? from the feat of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

My heart wandered; trembling made me afraid: the evening twilight of my desire he put to me for fear.

And he will say, Thou shalt no more add to exalt, thou violated virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; also there it shall not be rest to thee.

And the unjust as the tossed sea when it shall not be able to rest, and its waters will toss up mud and mire; no peace, said God, to the unjust.

Upon our necks were we pursued: we labored and no rest to us.

And in the second year to the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit will be moved, and his sleep was broken upon him.

And the messenger speaking with me will turn back and rouse me up as a man that will be roused from his sleep.

And the boy Samuel serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; no vision spread abroad. And it will be in that day, and Eli lay down in his place, and his eyes began to be weak; he will not be able to see. And before the lamp of God shall go out, and Samuel lay down in the edifice of Jehovah where there the ark of God.read more.
And Jehovah will call to Samuel, and he will say, Behold me. And he will run to Eli, and say, Behold me, for thou didst call to me. And he will say, I called not; turn back, lie down. And he will go and lie down. And Jehovah will add yet to call Samuel. And Samuel will rise and go to Eli, and say, Behold me, for thou calledst to me. And he will say, I called not my son; turn back, lie down. And before Samuel will know Jehovah, and before the word of Jehovah will be revealed to him, And Jehovah will add to call Samuel in the third time. And he will rise and go to Eli, and say, Behold me, for thou didst call to me. And Eli will discern that Jehovah called the boy. And Eli will say to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it being if he shall call to thee, and say thou, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heard. And Samuel will go and lie down in his place. And Jehovah will come and stand and call as once to once, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel will say, Speak, for thy servant heard.

Thou, O king, thy thoughts upon thy bed went up what to be after this: and he revealing secrets made known to thee what to be.

And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.

Then comes Jesus with them into the place called Gethsemane, and says to the disciples, Sit here, till I, having gone, shall pray. And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved, and to be dejected. Then says he to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch ye with me.read more.
And having gone forward a little, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: but not as I will, but as thou. And he comes to his disciples, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, So were ye not able to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak. Again of a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, My Father if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, let thy will be. And having gone he finds them again sleeping: for their eyes were loaded. And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed of the third time, speaking the same word. Then comes he to his disciples, and says to them, Sleep for the remaining time, and take rest: behold, the hour has drawn near, and the Son of man is delivered into the hands of the sinful. Be aroused, let us lead forth; behold, he delivering me up, has drawn near.

And they came to a place, the name of which Gethsemane: and he says to his disciples, Sit here, while I shall pray. And he takes Peter and James and John with himself, and began to be amazed, and to be dejected. And he says to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch.read more.
And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth and prayed that, if it be possible, the hour might pass away from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things possible to thee; turn away this cup from me: but not what I will, but what thou. And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldeat thou not watch one Hour? Watch ye and pray, that ye should not come into temptation. Truly the spirit well inclined, and the flesh weak. And again having gone away, he prayed; saying the same word. And having turned back, he found them again sleeping, (for their eyes were loaded,) and they knew not what they might answer him. And he comes the third time, and says to them, Sleep the remaining time, and take rest: it is sufficient, the hour has come; behold, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of the sinful. Arise, and let us lead; behold, he delivering me up has drawn near.

And he yet speaking, Behold a crowd, and he called Judas, one of the twelve, came before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. And Jesus said to him, Judas, deliverest thou up the Son of man with a kiss? And they about him, having seen that, going to be, said to him, Lord, shall we strike with the swordread more.
And a certain one of them struck a servant of the chief priest, and took away his right ear. And Jesus having answered said, Allow ye even to this. And having touched his ear, he healed him. And Jesus said to the chief priests, and generals of the temple, and the elders, having come to him, Have ye come out, as upon a robber, with sword and sticks? I being with you daily in the temple, ye stretched not forth the hands upon me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

(Behold, I come as a thief. Happy he watching, and keeping his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

Awake, my glory; awake, lyre and harp: I shall awake early.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:

Rouse up, rouse up, put on strength, thou arm of Jehovah; rouse up as the days of old, of everlasting generations. Was it not with him cutting off Rahab, wounding the sea monster?

He will not give to move thy foot: he watching thee will not slumber. Behold, he watching. Israel will not slumber and he will not sleep.

Didst thou not know? heardest thou not the eternal God, Jehovah, creating the extremities of the earth, will not faint, and will not be weary? no searching to his understanding. He gave power to the faint; and to the not strong he will increase strength. And the boys shall be faint and weary, and the young men faltering, shall become feebleread more.
And they waiting for Jehovah shall change power; they shall go up on the wing as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall go and not faint.

In peace together shall I lie down, and I shall sleep: for thou Jehovah alone wilt cause me to dwell confidently.

And I gave peace in the land and ye lay down and not being terrified: and I caused the evil beast to cease out of the land, and the sword shall not pass through in your land.

I lay down and I, shall sleep; I awaked: for Jehovah will uphold me.

If thou shalt lie down thou shalt not be afraid: and thou liest down and thy sleep shall be sweet