Proverbs 6:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 ¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-7 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
  • John 1:6 : 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:10-11
    2 verses
    88%

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

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

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    81%

    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 19:15
    81%

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

  • Prov 6:4-8
    5 verses
    80%

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

    5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

    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.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    77%

    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.

    16¶ The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

  • Ps 127:2
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 21:25
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:24
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    24¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Prov 10:26
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

  • Prov 12:27
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:30
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    30¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 18:9
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    9¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  • Prov 15:19
    72%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    72%

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

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Luke 22:46
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    46And said unto them, ‹Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.›

  • Eccl 5:12
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    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 12:24
    71%

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

  • Ps 44:23
    71%

    23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

  • Mark 13:36
    71%

    36‹Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.›

  • 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.

  • 1 Thess 5:6
    70%

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

  • Job 7:4
    70%

    4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

  • 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.

  • Eph 5:14
    69%

    14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  • Prov 31:15
    68%

    15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

  • Prov 23:21
    68%

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

  • Prov 4:16
    68%

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

  • Jer 31:26
    68%

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

  • Exod 5:17
    68%

    17But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.

  • Ps 132:4
    68%

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

  • Gal 6:9
    68%

    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  • Eccl 8:16
    68%

    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:)

  • Job 33:15
    68%

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

  • Matt 25:26
    68%

    26‹His lord answered and said unto him,› [Thou] ‹wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:›

  • Prov 31:27
    67%

    27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.