Verse 4

Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 132:4 : 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11 and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Matt 24:17-18 : 17 'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.' 18 And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.
  • Mark 13:35-36 : 35 Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.