THEOSISProverbs 20:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
אַל־תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Rom 12:11In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.
- Prov 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.
- Prov 10:4The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.
- Prov 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Prov 6:11And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.
- Prov 13:4The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.
- Rom 13:11And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.