Chapter 12
Scriptures for Sleep and Rest
Genesis 2:2-3
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it
he had rested from all his work which God created and made. KJV
Genesis 28:11-19
11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the
sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his
head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.
12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and
its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and
descending on it.
13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of
Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give
to you and your descendants.
14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall
spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you
and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will
bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I
have spoken to you.”
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this
place, and I did not know it.”
17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none
other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had
put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that
city had been Luz previously. NKJV
Exodus 31:16-17
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the
Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign
between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. KJV
Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
KJV
1 Chronicles 6:31
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the House
of the Lord, after that the Ark had rest. KJV
2 Chronicles 6:41
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the
Ark of Thy Strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. KJV
Job 4:12-13
Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of
it. In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
falls on men. NKJV
Job 33:15-18
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,
while slumbering on their beds,
16 Then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction.
17 In order to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man,
18 He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by
the sword. NKJV
Psalms 3:5 I laid me down and
slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. KJV
Psalms 4:8 I will both lie down
in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. NKJV
Psalms 23:2-3
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
his name's sake. KJV
Psalms 37:7-11
7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because
of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked
devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to
do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in
the abundance of peace. KJV
Psalms 57:8 Awake, my glory!
Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn. NKJV
Psalms 91:1-16
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide
under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in
him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow
that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the
destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the
wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most
High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all
thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I
will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. KJV
Psalms 116:7
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully
with thee. KJV
Psalms 121:4-8
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your
soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this
time forth, and even forevermore. NKJV
Psalms 127:1-2
1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
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. KJV
Psalms 132:13-14
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. KJV
Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie
down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. KJV
Proverbs 6:6-11
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy
sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an
armed man. KJV
Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake; it is the voice of my beloved! He
knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for
my head is covered with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.” NKJV
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee. KJV
Isaiah 26:12a
Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us. KJV
Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to
rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. KJV
Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and
rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
KJV
Isaiah 32:17-18
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance forever. And my people shall dwell in a
peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. KJV
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall
walk, and not faint. KJV
Isaiah 57:2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness. KJV
Isaiah 57:20-21
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose
waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. KJV
Isaiah 63:14
Like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the
Spirit of the Lord. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a
glorious name. NIV
Isaiah 66:1
This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?” NIV
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where
the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” NIV
Jeremiah 30:10b
Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, and no one shall make him
afraid. NKJV
Jeremiah 31:26
After this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was sweet to me. NKJV
Jeremiah 46:27
But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of
their captivity; Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease; no one shall
make him afraid. NKJV
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will
rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will
rejoice over you with singing. NKJV
Matthew 6:25-34
25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will
eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not
life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more
value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and
tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of
little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall
we drink?” or “What shall we wear?”
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly
Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all
these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. NKJV
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
29 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.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. KJV
John 14:27
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. KJV
Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted
out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. KJV
Hebrews 4:3-11
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have
sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And
God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they
to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so
long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have
spoken of another day.
9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall
after the same example of unbelief. KJV
