If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will court your favor.
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
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