Proverbs 6:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:6 : 6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Prov 23:33-34 : 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
  • 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] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    94%

    33[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:6-9
    4 verses
    88%

    6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

    7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

    8Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

  • Prov 6:4
    80%

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  • Prov 19:15
    78%

    15¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 20:13
    77%

    13¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 6:11
    77%

    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Ps 127:2
    76%

    2[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 5:12
    76%

    12The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  • Prov 26:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

    14¶ [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

    15¶ The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

  • Eccl 10:18
    75%

    18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

    5¶ He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

  • Prov 21:25
    73%

    25¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

  • Job 33:15
    73%

    15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

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

    6¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  • Mark 13:36
    72%

    36‹Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.›

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

    6Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

  • Ps 132:4
    71%

    4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,

  • Jer 31:26
    71%

    26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

    24¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  • Prov 18:9
    71%

    9¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Prov 20:4
    71%

    4¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

  • Job 4:13
    71%

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

  • Ps 76:5
    71%

    5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

  • Matt 25:5
    70%

    5‹While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.›

  • Prov 10:26
    70%

    26¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Isa 28:20
    70%

    20For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it].

  • Job 14:12
    70%

    12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Prov 3:24
    70%

    24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

  • Prov 24:30
    70%

    30¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Luke 22:46
    70%

    46And said unto them, ‹Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.›

  • Eccl 8:16
    69%

    16When I applied mine 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:)

  • Prov 22:13
    69%

    13¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

  • Heb 4:11
    69%

    11¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27¶ The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

  • Prov 23:21
    69%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

  • Job 3:13
    69%

    13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

  • Prov 15:19
    69%

    19¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

  • Prov 6:22
    69%

    22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.