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;

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

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

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

    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.

  • Prov 20:13
    80%

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

  • Prov 24:33
    77%

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

  • Prov 6:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Prov 4:25
    76%

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 6:3
    75%

    3 So 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%

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

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

  • Prov 6:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 121:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 127:2
    73%

    2 It 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%

    3 How 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%

    22 When 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%

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

  • Job 4:13
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 3:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    71%

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

  • Prov 4:21
    71%

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

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Ps 77:4
    71%

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

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

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

  • Job 33:15
    70%

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

  • Luke 22:46
    70%

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

  • Eccl 8:16
    70%

    16 When 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%

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

  • Job 15:12
    70%

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

  • Isa 5:27
    69%

    27 None 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%

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

  • Isa 62:6
    69%

    6 Upon 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%

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

  • Prov 6:1
    69%

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

  • Ps 44:23
    69%

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

  • Ps 119:148
    69%

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

  • Prov 31:3
    69%

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

  • Job 14:12
    69%

    12 so 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%

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

  • Prov 1:15
    68%

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

  • Ps 121:6
    68%

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