Proverbs 20:13

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 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 deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right. 12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both. Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread. 14“It is good for nothing,” cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts. 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?
• Proverbs 10:4He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
• Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.
• Proverbs 13:4The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
• Proverbs 19:15Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.
• Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
• Romans 12:11not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
• John 1:6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
• Romans 13:11And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
• Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you 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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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