Verse 13

¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:15 : 15 ¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 ¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. 33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.