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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 is 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. 14Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
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אַל־תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:13
- Proverbs 6:9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 13:4A sluggard's soul 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 a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
- Romans 12:11as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.
- John 1:6There was a man sent from God, his name John.
- Romans 13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the 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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