Proverbs 6:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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!
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
  • 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;
  • 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.'
  • 1 Thess 5:2-7 : 2 for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come, 3 for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape; 4 and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief; 5 all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness, 6 so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, 7 for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
  • John 1:6 : 6 There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:10-11
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

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    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!

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

  • Prov 6:4-8
    5 verses
    80%

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

    5Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

    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.

  • 13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

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    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.

    16Wiser `is' the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven `men' returning a reason.

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

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

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

  • 24The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

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

  • 26As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So `is' the slothful to those sending him.

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

  • 27The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

  • 30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

  • 9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.

  • 19The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

  • 13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 46and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

  • 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.

  • 24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

  • 23Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

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

  • 12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

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

  • 4If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

  • 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.

  • 14wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

  • 15Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.

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

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

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

  • 17And he saith, `Remiss -- ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;

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

  • 9and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

  • 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),

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

  • 26`And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

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