Topic
Sleep
15 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 31:16ISBE
¶ 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…
- Job 14:12Nave A symbol of death
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
- Psalms 127:2Nave From God
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.
- Proverbs 6:9Nave Of the sluggard (very lazy person)
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 6:10Nave Of the sluggard (very lazy person)
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Matthew 8:24Nave Of Jesus
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 9:24Nave A symbol of death
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
- Mark 4:38Nave Of Jesus
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?
- Mark 5:39Nave A symbol of death
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Luke 8:23Nave Of Jesus
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
- Luke 8:52Nave A symbol of death
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
- John 11:11Nave A symbol of death
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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- John 11:12 Nave A symbol of death
- Ephesians 5:14 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Nave A symbol of death
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.