Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
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- Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
- Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
- Prov 12:11 : 11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
- Rom 12:11 : 11 Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
- Rom 13:11 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
- 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God– I say this to your shame!
- Eph 5:14 : 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
- 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
- Prov 10:4 : 4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
- Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense. 31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson: 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
- Jonah 1:6 : 6 The ship’s captain approached him and said,“What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!”
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4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
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15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
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33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
- Eccl 5:10-134 verses78%
10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
11When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?
12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.
- Prov 6:9-113 verses77%
9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
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2It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.
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21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
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22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
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4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
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4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
- Prov 28:19-202 verses71%
19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
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14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
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9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.
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36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
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4I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,
- Prov 10:4-52 verses71%
4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
5The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.
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3Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
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18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
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25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
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16Limitations of Human Wisdom When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth– even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night–
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17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.
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12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.
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2Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
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27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.
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4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
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15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.
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23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
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6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
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26Then they will say,‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”
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16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
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27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.
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16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.
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27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
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14Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
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23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
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11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
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15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.