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Psalm 127:2

In vain you rise early

and stay up late,

toiling for bread to eat—

for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Psalm 127:2 BSB

Psalm 127:2 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 5:12 (24 votes) and Psalm 4:8 (23 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 1 to Acts 12.

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Which verses does Psalm 127:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1224 votes

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

  2. Psalm 4:823 votes

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

  3. Job 11:1819 votes

    You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

  4. Psalm 3:516 votes

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

  5. Jeremiah 31:2610 votes

    At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:20–239 votes

    So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun. When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil. …

  7. Ecclesiastes 1:148 votes

    I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

  8. Ezekiel 34:258 votes

    I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

  9. Proverbs 31:15–187 votes

    She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. …

  10. Psalm 39:5–64 votes

    You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

  11. Ecclesiastes 4:84 votes
  12. Ecclesiastes 6:74 votes
  13. Psalm 60:53 votes
  14. Ecclesiastes 2:1–113 votes
  15. Acts 12:5–60 votes
  16. Genesis 3:17–19-1 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 127:2?

The 10 strongest of 21.