Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
- Prov 23:33-34 : 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things. 34 And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.
- Prov 24:33-34 : 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.”
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- Prov 24:33-342 verses94%
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.”
- Prov 6:6-94 verses88%
6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
8yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat.
9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
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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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13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
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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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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.
- Prov 26:13-153 verses76%
13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
14Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
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24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
- Prov 10:4-52 verses73%
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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25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
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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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6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
7For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
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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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36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
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5The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.
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4I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,
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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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24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
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9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
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4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
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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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13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,
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5The bravehearted were plundered; they“fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.
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5When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
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26Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.
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12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.
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24When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.
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30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.
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46So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”
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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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13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
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11Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
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27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.
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21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
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13For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace
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19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
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22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.