Rising
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Early
Prov 31:15
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Proverbs 31:15 -
For devotions
Ps 5:3; 59:16; 63:1; 88:13; Song 7:12; Isa 26:9
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Psalms 5:316 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 59:161 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms 63:113 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms 88:1312 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Song of Solomon 7:129 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9 - Practiced
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By the wicked
Prov 27:14; Mic 2:1; Zeph 3:7
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:141 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 2:17 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zephaniah 3:7 -
By drunkards
Isa 5:11
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 5:11 -
Illustrates spiritual diligence
Rom 13:11, 12
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 13:1112 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Romans 13:12 - Instances of
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Lot
Gen 19:23
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
Genesis 19:23 -
Abraham
Gen 19:27; 21:14; 22:3
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
Genesis 19:2714 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:143 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Genesis 22:3 -
Isaac
Gen 26:31
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Genesis 26:31 -
Abimelech
Gen 20:8
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
Genesis 20:8 -
Jacob
Gen 28:18; 32:31
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis 28:1831 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Genesis 32:31 -
Laban
Gen 31:55
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Genesis 31:55 -
Moses
Ex 8:20; 9:13
20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 8:2013 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 9:13 -
Joshua
Josh 3:1; 6:12, 15; 7:16
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Joshua 3:112 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Joshua 6:1215 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
Joshua 6:1516 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
Joshua 7:16 -
Gideon
Judg 6:38
38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
Judges 6:38 -
Elkanah
1 Sam 1:19
19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
1 Samuel 1:19 -
Samuel
1 Sam 15:12
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
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David
1 Sam 17:20
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
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Mary
Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Mark 16:21 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke 24:1 -
The apostles
Acts 5:21
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Acts 5:21 - See Industry
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Consequences of
Prov 6:9–11; 24:33, 34
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 6:933 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 24:3334 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34 - See Idleness
- See Slothfulness
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
