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Proverbs 3:24
Proverbs 3:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
King James Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
World English Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
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Proverbs 3:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 6:22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
Psalms 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
Psalms 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Psalms 121:4Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Psalms 121:6The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Psalms 121:7The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Ezekiel 34:15I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Jeremiah 31:26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
Acts 12:6On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.