Go to Bed Without Fear...

Sleep Without Fear

 

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

John 14:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

 

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Proverbs 3:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes

 

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

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 127:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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.

Psalm 34:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Matthew 6:25-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

 

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ...

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

 

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

 

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

1 John 4:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.