Bible Verses About Sleeping

"In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping."

"If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel."

"“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”"

"Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”"

"If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping."

"Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?"

"When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him."

"Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners."

"Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping."

"But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away."

"Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter."

"When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy."

"Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners."

"You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging."

"The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance."

"So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh."

"At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”"

"So David took the spear and water jug near Saul’s head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep."

"His father-in-law, the girl’s father, prevailed upon him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking, and sleeping there."

"by sleeping with another man, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),"

"But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have defiled yourself by sleeping with a man other than your husband”—"

"Delilah then said to Samson, “Until now, you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.” He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric"