142 verses contain “sleep” (in the KJV: 103, in the BSB: 102) — showing 1–100
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And the LORD God caused a deep
sleep to fall upon Adam and he
slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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.
And when the sun was going down, a deep
sleep fell upon
Abram; and, lo, an
horror of great darkness fell upon him.
As the sun was setting,
Abram fell into a deep
sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness
overwhelmed him.
And the
firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
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 make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Come, let us get our father
drunk with wine so we can
sleep with him and preserve his line.”
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the
firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay
yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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.”
And he lighted upon a certain place, and
tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his
pillows, and lay down in that place to
sleep.
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.
And Jacob
awaked out of his
sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
When Jacob
woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
And Jacob said unto
Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Finally Jacob said to
Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to
sleep with her.”
And she said, Behold my
maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees that I may also have children by 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.”
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And
Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
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.”
Thus I was; in the day the
drought consumed me, and the
frost by night; and my
sleep departed from mine eyes.
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the
frost by night, and
sleep fled from my eyes.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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.”
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he
spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his 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.
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What
wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
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 it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
She
grabbed Joseph by his
cloak and said, “
Sleep with me!” But leaving his
cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to
mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I
cried with a loud voice:
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.
If a man seduces a virgin who is not
pledged in marriage and
sleeps with her, he must pay the full
dowry for her to be his wife.
For that is his covering only, it is his
raiment for his skin: wherein shall he
sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am
gracious.
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.
And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
And
anyone who
sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.
And a man lie with her
carnally, and it be
hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be
defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),
If a
damsel that is a virgin be
betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
If there is a virgin
pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and
sleeps with her,
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not
sleep with his
pledge:
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
In any case thou shalt deliver him the
pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may
sleep in his own
raiment, and
bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
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.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s
skirt. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who
sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has
violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who
sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who
sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a
whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land,
whither they go to be among them, and will
forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and
prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will
forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Then Jael
Heber’s wife took a
nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and
smote the
nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast
asleep and
weary. So he died.
But as he lay
sleeping from
exhaustion,
Heber’s wife Jael took a tent
peg,
grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the
peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
awaked out of his
sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
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 she made him
sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to
shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to
afflict him, and his strength went from him.
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.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
awoke out of his
sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and
shake myself. And he
wist not that the LORD was departed from 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.
Now
Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Now
Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were
sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
And
ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to
sleep;
Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was
located.
So David and
Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay
sleeping within the
trench, and his
spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but
Abner and the people lay round about him.
That night David and
Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there
asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his
spear stuck in the ground by his head. And
Abner and the troops were lying around him.
So David took the
spear and the
cruse of water from Saul’s
bolster; and they
gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither
awaked: for they were all
asleep; because a deep
sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
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.
And Saul had a
concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and
Ish-bosheth said to
Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s
concubine?
Meanwhile, Saul had a
concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So
Ish-bosheth questioned
Abner, “Why did you
sleep with my father’s
concubine?”
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy
bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your
descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah,
abide in tents; and my lord
Joab, and the servants of my lord, are
encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
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!”
And
Ahithophel said unto
Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art
abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Ahithophel replied, “
Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep 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.”
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
And it came to pass at
noon, that
Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or
peradventure he
sleepeth, and must be
awaked.
At
noon Elijah began to
taunt them, saying, “
Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is
sleeping and must be
awakened!”
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
And why
dost thou not
pardon my
transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I
sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Why do You not
pardon my
transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not
awake, nor be raised out of their
sleep.
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 let my wife
grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
then may my own wife
grind grain for another, and may other men
sleep with her.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep
sleep falls upon men as they
slumber on their beds,
I laid me down and
slept; I
awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
I lie down and
sleep; I
wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God:
lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the
sleep of death;
Consider me and
respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I
sleep in death,
Awake, why
sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
The stouthearted are
spoiled, they have
slept their
sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
The
valiant lie
plundered; they
sleep their last
sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
At thy
rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the
chariot and horse are cast into a dead
sleep.
At Your
rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie
stunned.
Then the Lord
awaked as one out of
sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Then the Lord
awoke as from
sleep, like a mighty
warrior overcome by wine.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
You
whisk them away in their
sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor
sleep.
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.
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 mine eyes, or
slumber to mine eyelids,
I will not give
sleep to my eyes or
slumber to my eyelids,
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:
yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy
sleep shall be sweet.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they cannot
sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of
slumber until they make someone fall.
Give not
sleep to thine eyes, nor
slumber to thine eyelids.
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?
Yet a little
sleep, a little
slumber, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
A little
sleep, a little
slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you
awake, they will speak to you.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep
sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Laziness brings on deep
sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Do not love
sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have
plenty of food.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
Yet a little
sleep, a little
slumber, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
A little
sleep, a little
slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
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.
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 mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night
seeth sleep with his eyes:)
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 waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my
undefiled: for my head is filled with
dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
None of them grows
weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or
sleeps. No belt is loose and no
sandal strap is broken.
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
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.
His
watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all
dumb dogs, they cannot bark;
sleeping, lying down, loving to
slumber.
Israel’s
watchmen are blind, they are all
oblivious; they are all
mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to
slumber.
Upon this I
awaked, and
beheld; and my
sleep was sweet unto me.
At this I
awoke and looked around. My
sleep had been most pleasant to me.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them
drunken, that they may
rejoice, and
sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not
wake, saith the LORD.
While they are
flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them
drunk so that they may
revel; then they will fall
asleep forever and never
wake up, declares the LORD.
And I will make
drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall
sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not
wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
I will make her princes and wise men
drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall
asleep forever and not
wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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.
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 passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No
entertainment was brought before him, and
sleep fled from him.
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
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,
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
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 of them that
sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt.
For they have made ready their heart like an
oven, whiles they lie in wait: their
baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
For they prepare their heart like an
oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Then the mariners were afraid, and
cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it of them. But
Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast
asleep.
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.
So the
shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O
sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
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.”
Thy
shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
O king of Assyria, your
shepherds slumber; your officers
sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
And the angel that talked with me came again, and
waked me, as a man that is
wakened out of his
sleep,
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and
woke me, as a man is
awakened from his
sleep.
Then Joseph being raised from
sleep did as the angel of the Lord had
bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
When Joseph
woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.
And, behold, there arose a great
tempest in the sea,
insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was
asleep.
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was
engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was
sleeping.
He said unto them, Give place: for the
maid is not dead, but
sleepeth. And they
laughed him to
scorn.
“Go away,” He told them. “The
girl is not dead, but
asleep.” And they
laughed at Him.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them
asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
And he came and found them
asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them,
Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still
sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Night and day he
sleeps and wakes, and the seed
sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
And he was in the hinder part of the ship,
asleep on a
pillow: and they
awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
But Jesus was in the stern,
sleeping on the
cushion. So they
woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this
ado, and
weep? the
damsel is not dead, but
sleepeth.