Proverbs 20:13
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
In other translations
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
- Romans 13:11And 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.And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- Proverbs 6:9-119 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.9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Jonah 1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
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