King James Bible Dictionary

Rising early

General references
Proverbs 31:15

For devotions
Psalms 5:3; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 63:1; Psalms 88:13; Song of Solomon 7:12; Isaiah 26:9

Practiced by the wicked
Proverbs 27:14; Micah 2:1; Zephaniah 3:7

Practiced by drunkards
Isaiah 5:11

Illustrates spiritual diligence
Romans 13:11-12
Industry

Instances of those who practiced rising early:

Lot
Genesis 19:23

Abraham
Genesis 19:27; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 22:3

Isaac
Genesis 26:31

Abimelech
Genesis 20:8

Jacob
Genesis 28:18; Genesis 32:31

Laban
Genesis 31:55

Moses
Exodus 8:20; Exodus 9:13

Joshua
Joshua 3:1; Joshua 6:12; Joshua 6:15; John 7:16

Gideon
Judges 6:38

Elkanah
1 Samuel 1:19

Samuel
1 Samuel 15:12

David
1 Samuel 17:20

Mary
Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1

Apostles
Acts 5:21

Rising late:

Consequences of
Proverbs 6:9-11; Proverbs 24:33-34
Idleness; Slothfulness

RI'SING, participle present tense

1. Getting up; ascending; mounting; springing; proceeding from; advancing; swelling; increasing; appearing above the horizon; reviving from death, etc.

2. Increasing in wealth, power or distinction; as a rising state; a rising character.

RI'SING, noun

1. The act of getting up from any recumbent or sitting posture.

2. The act of ascending; as the rising of vapor.

3. The act of closing a session, as of a public body; as the rising of the legislature.

4. The appearance of the sun or a star above the horizon.

5. The act of reviving from the dead; resurrection.

Mark 9:10.

6. A tumor on the body. Leviticus 13:2.

7. An assembling in opposition to government; insurrection; sedition or mutiny.