Quotes About Sleep

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.

You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

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.

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—

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.

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.

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.

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.

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the shipís 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.”

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

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.

But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.

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.