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Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

KJV

Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat : aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.

Vulgate

στάθμιον μέγα καὶ μικρὸν καὶ μέτρα δισσὰ, ἀκάθαρτα ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀμφότερα·

LXX

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

ASV

אַל תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣י/ךָ שְֽׂבַֽע לָֽחֶם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 23×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
יִּפְקַ֤ח
ypqch
verb · 21×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • 2Thess 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • 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.
  • Prov 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
  • Prov 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Prov 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
  • Prov 31:15 — She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
  • Rom 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • Rom 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.