Proverbs 6:10

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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.
  • Prov 23:33-34 : 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things. 34 You will be like one lying down in the middle of the sea, or like one lying on the top of a mast.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

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  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    94%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Prov 6:6-9
    4 verses
    88%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

    7She has no commander, no overseer or ruler,

    8yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest.

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

  • Prov 6:4
    80%

    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 19:15
    78%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 20:13
    77%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 6:11
    77%

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Ps 127:2
    76%

    2It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Eccl 5:12
    76%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

  • Prov 26:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'

    14As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed.

    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

  • Eccl 10:18
    75%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

    5The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

  • Prov 21:25
    73%

    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

  • Job 33:15
    73%

    15In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

    7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Mark 13:36
    72%

    36Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Ps 132:4
    71%

    4I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

  • Jer 31:26
    71%

    26At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

    24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  • Prov 18:9
    71%

    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Prov 20:4
    71%

    4The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • Job 4:13
    71%

    13In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

  • Ps 76:5
    71%

    5You are radiant and majestic, more excellent than the mountains of prey.

  • Matt 25:5
    70%

    5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

  • Prov 10:26
    70%

    26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

  • Isa 28:20
    70%

    20The bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

  • Job 14:12
    70%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • Prov 3:24
    70%

    24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

  • Prov 24:30
    70%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Luke 22:46
    70%

    46He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."

  • Eccl 8:16
    69%

    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

  • Prov 22:13
    69%

    13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

  • Heb 4:11
    69%

    11Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Prov 23:21
    69%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Job 3:13
    69%

    13For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest.

  • Prov 15:19
    69%

    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Prov 6:22
    69%

    22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake, they will speak to you.