30 Bible Verses About Sleeping Too Much

“How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

“Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.”

“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.”

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

“Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.”

“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.”

“Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.”

“So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.”

“Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.”

“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

“For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'”

“Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.”

“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.”

“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”

“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.”

“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”

“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

“So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”

“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”

“I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

“For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.”

“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”

“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning,”

“Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.”

“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise.”

“For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.”

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

“Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.”