Proverbs 24:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:4-9 : 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them; 5 Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her. 6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: 7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting. 9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. 7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night; 8 But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    94%

    9How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

    11Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 24:34
    82%

    34So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Prov 19:15
    78%

    15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Prov 6:4
    77%

    4Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

  • Prov 24:30-32
    3 verses
    77%

    30I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

    31And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

    32Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

  • Eccl 5:12
    77%

    12There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

  • Job 33:15
    76%

    15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;

  • Ps 127:2
    76%

    2It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

  • Prov 26:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

    15The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

  • Mark 13:36
    75%

    36For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Eccl 10:18
    75%

    18When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 12:24
    73%

    24The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

    5He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

  • Job 4:13
    73%

    13In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

  • Jer 31:26
    73%

    26At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • Prov 21:25
    73%

    25The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

  • Matt 25:5
    73%

    5Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.

  • Ps 132:4
    72%

    4I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,

  • Prov 3:24
    72%

    24When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

  • Isa 28:20
    71%

    20For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

    6One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

    21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

  • Eccl 8:16
    71%

    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

  • Prov 24:10
    70%

    10If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

    7For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

  • Ps 76:5
    70%

    5Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

  • Job 3:13
    70%

    13For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

  • Prov 20:4
    70%

    4The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

  • Job 14:12
    70%

    12So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

  • Prov 18:9
    70%

    9He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

  • Luke 22:46
    70%

    46And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • Matt 26:45
    70%

    45Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.

  • Matt 24:43
    69%

    43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • Prov 22:13
    69%

    13The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

  • Job 24:23
    69%

    23He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

  • Mark 14:41
    69%

    41And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.