Proverbs 20:13

Proverbs 20:13 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!

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, the Lord 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 naught, it is naught, 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.

Proverbs 20:13 word by word

אַל־תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear

• Loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• not sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• lest thou come to povertyיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: poorH3423
• openפָּקַחpâqach · to openH6491
• thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• thou shalt be satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• with breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899

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 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 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 an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
• Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
• John 1:6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
• Romans 13:11And 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 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 20:13

• Idleness
• Industry
• Poor
• Poverty

In the dictionaries

• Advice
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• Naught
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• Proclaim
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• Purpose
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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