Proverbs 6:4
Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 132:4 : 4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,
- Prov 6:10-11 : 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.
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- Matt 24:17-18 : 17 The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house, 18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
- Mark 13:35-36 : 35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn– 36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ps 132:3-42 verses84%
3He said,“I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.
4I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,
- Prov 6:9-113 verses80%
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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13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
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33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
- Prov 6:5-62 verses77%
5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
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25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
- 1 Thess 5:6-72 verses75%
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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3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
- Prov 4:15-162 verses75%
15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
- Prov 6:24-252 verses74%
24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
- Ps 121:3-42 verses74%
3May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!
4Look! Israel’s protector does not sleep or slumber!
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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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3Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
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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.
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36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
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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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15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
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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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4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
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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.
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21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;
- Prov 22:26-272 verses71%
26Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.
27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
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4You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
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9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,
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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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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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20Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.
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12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
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27None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.
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21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.
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6I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!
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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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1Admonitions and Warnings against Dangerous and Destructive Acts My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, if you have become a guarantor for a stranger,
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23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!
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148My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.
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3Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.
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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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12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.
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15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
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6The sun will not harm you by day, or the moon by night.