Psalms 4:8
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.”Psalms 4:8
What Does Psalms 4:8 Mean?
Psalms 4:8 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 4, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Peace (Shalom).
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 4:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 3:24“When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.”Psalms 3:5“I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.”Job 11:18“And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.”Psalms 16:8“I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.”1 Thessalonians 5:10“Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.”Psalms 127:2“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”Deuteronomy 12:10“But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;”Leviticus 25:18“Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.”Hosea 2:18“And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.”Revelation 14:13“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”Leviticus 26:5“And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.”1 Thessalonians 4:13“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”Deuteronomy 33:27“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.”Romans 8:35“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”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.”Leviticus 26:6“And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.”2 Samuel 17:1“Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:”Ecclesiastes 5:12“The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”Acts 12:6“And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.”1 Kings 14:20“And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.”
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