10 Bible Verses about Waking Up Early

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Proverbs 20:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Psalm 5:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

Proverbs 26:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Proverbs 31:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.

Job 33:14-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds, then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings, that he may turn man aside from his deed and conceal pride from a man; he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.

Proverbs 6:10-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,

Genesis 28:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

Psalm 103:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

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