Why We Sleep At Night?

The sleep is a natural intermittent state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes close and consciousness is almost lost, so that there is a drop off in the body movement and the response to external stimuli. During sleep the brain experiences a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that comprises of intervals of dreaming.

Regular sleep is necessary for health and survival.

Man deprived of sleep for two or three weeks will suffer of both his physical and mental health.

However, many facets concerning the exact mechanism or cause of the process of Sleep are still difficult to understand.

God grants sleep to those he loves

Psalm 127:2

"In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves."

Some Biblical proposals as regards the Sleep:

- Leviticus 14:47

"Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash his clothes."

- Deuteronomy 24:13

"Return his cloak to him by sunset so that he may sleep in it."

- Psalm 68:13

"Even while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold."

- Proverbs 3:24

"when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet."

- Proverbs 6:10 and Proverbs 24:33

"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest"

Proverbs 19:15

"Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry."

- Proverbs 23:34

"(if you watch or look at strange women) You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging."

- Ecclesiastes 5:12

"The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep."

1 Thessalonians 5:7

"For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night."

Some decent prayers about Sleep:

- Psalm 3:5

"I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me."

- Psalm 4:8

"I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety."

- Psalm 7:5

"..make me sleep in the dust. Selah"

- Psalm 13:3

"Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;"

Do not Sleep, the Bible recommends us not to Sleep in 13 verses:

Psalm 132:4

"I will allow no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids,"

Proverbs 6:4

"Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids."

Proverbs 6:9

"How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?"

Proverbs 10:5

"He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son."

Proverbs 20:13

"Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare."

Ecclesiastes 8:16

"When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth—his eyes not seeing sleep days or nights-"

Jonah 1:6