Proverbs 20:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, 11 And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe;
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say `it'.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. 31 And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. 32 And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:4
    80%

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

  • Prov 19:15
    79%

    15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    79%

    33A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

    34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

  • Eccl 5:10-13
    4 verses
    78%

    10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.

    11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

    12Sweet `is' the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Ps 127:2
    77%

    2Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

  • Prov 23:21
    72%

    21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Prov 23:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

    5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

    6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.

    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

  • Prov 20:14
    71%

    14`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

  • Prov 22:9
    71%

    9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

  • Mark 13:36
    71%

    36lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

  • Ps 132:4
    71%

    4If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

    5Whoso is gathering in summer `is' a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest `is' a son causing shame.

  • Ps 13:3
    70%

    3Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

  • Prov 21:25
    70%

    25The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

  • Eccl 8:16
    70%

    16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

  • Prov 21:17
    70%

    17Whoso `is' loving mirth `is' a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

  • Deut 24:12
    69%

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

  • Isa 55:2
    69%

    2Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

  • Prov 28:27
    69%

    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

  • Prov 20:4
    69%

    4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

  • Job 33:15
    69%

    15In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

  • Prov 14:23
    69%

    23In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.

  • 1 Thess 5:6
    69%

    6so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

  • Jer 31:26
    69%

    26On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.

  • Prov 4:16
    69%

    16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

  • Prov 31:27
    69%

    27She `is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Prov 22:27
    69%

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

  • Prov 26:14
    68%

    14The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

  • Prov 13:23
    68%

    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Prov 13:11
    68%

    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Deut 24:15
    68%

    15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

  • Prov 4:25
    68%

    25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.