Proverbs 20:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.”
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“Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 20:13 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
- Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
- Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
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