Psalm 127:2

King James 2000

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.

Cross References

Job 11:18

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety.

Psalm 3:5

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

Psalm 4:8

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 60:5

That your beloved may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and like grasping the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither says he, For whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a heavy travail.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Jeremiah 31:26

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

Ezekiel 34:25

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.