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Psalms 132:4

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I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
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  1. Proverbs 6:4Rank 1 from verse 4
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    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  2. Ruth 3:18Rank 2 from verse 4
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    18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

  3. Genesis 24:33Rank 3 from verse 4
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    33And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

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Psalms 132:4

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sleep

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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

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5Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

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