Ecclesiastes 5:12

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Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.

Cross References

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved.

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.

Proverbs 3:24

If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Jeremiah 31:26

Thereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.