Proverbs 6:10

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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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  • 94%

    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.

  • Prov 6:6-9
    4 verses
    88%

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

    7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

    8 ovideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 12 The 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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    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.

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

  • 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 20 For 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 16 When 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:)

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

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

  • 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is ecious.

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

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

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

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