Sleep, physical

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A gift from God providing necessary rest, usually at night, for the restoration of mind and body. It is sometimes denied, sometimes used by God for his purposes and sometimes abused by people.

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Sleep is a gift from God

It is pleasant and refreshing

Ecclesiastes 5:12 KJV 1900
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.
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It is God’s gift to his faithful people

Psalm 127:2 KJV 1900
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.
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It is often denied to the wicked

Isaiah 48:22 KJV 1900
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

Sleep as a nocturnal activity

It is associated with night-time

1 Thessalonians 5:7 KJV 1900
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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It is associated with dreams

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It is associated with sexual activity

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Abraham and Hagar:

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Blessings in sleep

Peace

Psalm 4:8 KJV 1900
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: For thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
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Protection

Psalm 121:3–4 KJV 1900
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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Deep and light sleep

Deep sleep for the creation of Eve

Genesis 2:21 KJV 1900
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;

Deep sleep for revelation

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Deep sleep as a judgment

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Light sleep

Song of Solomon 5:2 KJV 1900
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.

Sleeping at the wrong time

While on duty

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During harvest

Proverbs 10:5 KJV 1900
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Instead of praying

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During a sermon

Acts 20:9 KJV 1900
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

At the transfiguration

Luke 9:32 KJV 1900
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

Amidst danger

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Excessive sleep

Proverbs 6:9–11 KJV 1900
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, And thy want as an armed man.
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