Proverbs 20:13 · KJV
“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”
— Proverbs 20:13
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 20 — Context
Even 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.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14{It 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.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Romans 13:11
And 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.
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth {with} a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Proverbs 6:9-11
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?