American Standard Version
Proverbs 20:13
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Context of Proverbs 20:13
11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:13 word by word
אַל־תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:13
- Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Romans 12:11in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.
- John 1:6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
- Romans 13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty - Sleep, indescribable in its nature, is an indescribable blessing; but how often is it turned into a curse! It is like food; a certain measure of it restores and invigorates exhausted nature; more than that oppresses and destroys life. A lover of sleep is a paltry, insignificant character.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Open thine eyes - Be vigilant and active. That is the secret of prosperity.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13Verse 13 Those that indulge themselves, may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Laziness often results in poverty (see Proverbs 10:4–6, 26; 12:11; 13:4; 14:4; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15, 24; 20:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Activity and diligence contrasted with sloth (Pr 6:9; 10:11). lest ... poverty--literally, "be deprived of inheritance."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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