The best Bible verses for sleep problems include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for sleep problems, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“Cursed is the man who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”"Deuteronomy 27:20
"“Cursed is the man who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”"Deuteronomy 27:20
"“Cursed is the man who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”"Deuteronomy 27:22
"“Cursed is the man who sleeps with his mother-in-law.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”"Deuteronomy 27:23
"The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep."Ecclesiastes 5:12
"When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man’s labor on earth—his eyes not seeing sleep day or night—"Ecclesiastes 8:16
"for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”"Ephesians 5:14
"Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal thong is broken."Isaiah 5:27
"The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep: He has sealed your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads (the seers)."Isaiah 29:10
"Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep."Isaiah 56:10
"But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter— then sleep forever and not awake,” declares the Lord."Jeremiah 51:39
"I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty."Jeremiah 51:57
"Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him."Luke 9:32
Scripture returns to sleep problems often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for sleep problems are Deuteronomy 27:20, Deuteronomy 27:22, Deuteronomy 27:23. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to sleep problems across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for sleep problems, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.