THEOSISProverbs 6:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 132 (131):4
- Prov 6:10Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to 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.
- Mark 13:35Watch ye therefore (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning):
- Mark 13:36Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping.
- Matt 24:17And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:
- Matt 24:18And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.
- Eccl 9:10Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.