Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 6:6 : 6 Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
- Prov 23:33-34 : 33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things. 34 And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.
- Prov 24:33-34 : 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!
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- Prov 24:33-342 verses94%
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!
- Prov 6:6-94 verses88%
6Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
7Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
8She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
9Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
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4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
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15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
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13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.
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11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
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2Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.
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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.
- Prov 26:13-153 verses76%
13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' in the way, A lion `is' in the broad places.'
14The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
15The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
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18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
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24The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.
- Prov 10:4-52 verses73%
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.
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25The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
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15In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
- 1 Thess 5:6-72 verses73%
6so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
7for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
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16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
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36lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
- Eccl 4:5-62 verses72%
5The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
6`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'
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4If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,
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26On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.
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24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
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9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.
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4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
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4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
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13In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
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5Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.
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5`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
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26As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So `is' the slothful to those sending him.
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20For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.
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12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.
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24If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
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30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
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46and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'
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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),
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13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
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11May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,
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27The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
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21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
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13For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
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19The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
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22In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee.