Proverbs 6:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 24:33-34 : 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is {G2257} salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
1 Thess 5:2-7 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: 5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
John 1:6 : 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 6:10-11
2 verses
88%
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Prov 24:33-34
2 verses
81%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Prov 19:15
81%
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Prov 6:4-8
5 verses
80%
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
Prov 20:13
77%
13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 26:13-16
4 verses
77%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
14[ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
Prov 20:4
76%
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Ps 127:2
75%
2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Prov 21:25
74%
25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Prov 19:24
74%
24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Prov 13:4
74%
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 10:26
73%
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Eccl 10:18
73%
18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Prov 12:27
72%
27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
Prov 24:30
72%
30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Prov 18:9
72%
9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Prov 15:19
72%
19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Prov 22:13
72%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Prov 10:4-5
2 verses
72%
4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Luke 22:46
71%
46and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
Eccl 5:12
71%
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Prov 12:24
71%
24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Ps 44:23
71%
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Mark 13:36
71%
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Job 14:12
70%
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
1 Thess 5:6
70%
6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
Job 7:4
70%
4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Prov 6:22
69%
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Eph 5:14
69%
14Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Prov 31:15
68%
15She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.
Prov 23:21
68%
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Prov 4:16
68%
16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Jer 31:26
68%
26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Exod 5:17
68%
17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
Ps 132:4
68%
4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;
Gal 6:9
68%
9And let us not be weary in {G2570} well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Eccl 8:16
68%
16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
Job 33:15
68%
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
Matt 25:26
68%
26But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;
Prov 31:27
67%
27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.