Proverbs 6:4

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 132:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3'I will not enter my house, nor will I go up to my bed;

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

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

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

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

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

  • Prov 20:13
    80%

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

  • Prov 24:33
    77%

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

  • Prov 6:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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

  • Prov 4:25
    76%

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    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 6:3
    75%

    3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have come into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your case with your neighbor.

  • Prov 4:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

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

  • Prov 6:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Ps 121:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3He will not let your foot slip—He who watches over you will not slumber.

    4Indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

  • Ps 127:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 13:3
    73%

    3How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and have sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

  • Prov 6:22
    73%

    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.

  • Mark 13:36
    72%

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

  • Job 4:13
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 3:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

  • Eccl 5:12
    71%

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

  • Prov 4:21
    71%

    21Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Ps 77:4
    71%

    4I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah.

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

  • Job 33:15
    70%

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

  • 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
    70%

    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,

  • Job 36:20
    70%

    20Do not long for the night, when people are taken from their place.

  • Job 15:12
    70%

    12Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash?

  • Isa 5:27
    69%

    27None among them grows tired or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loosened at their waist; no sandal strap is broken.

  • Prov 3:21
    69%

    21My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Isa 62:6
    69%

    6Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will not be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest,

  • Jer 31:26
    69%

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

  • Prov 6:1
    69%

    1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,

  • Ps 44:23
    69%

    23Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

  • Ps 119:148
    69%

    148My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.

  • Prov 31:3
    69%

    3Do not give your strength to women or your ways to those who destroy kings.

  • Job 14:12
    69%

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

  • Deut 24:12
    69%

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

  • Prov 1:15
    68%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Ps 121:6
    68%

    6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.