THEOSISProverbs 6:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 24:33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.
- Prov 24:34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
- Jer 4:14Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?
- Eph 5:14Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.
- Ps 94 (93):8
- 1 Thess 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.
- 1 Thess 5:7For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
- 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.