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Proverbs 20:13–14

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13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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Proverbs 20:13Cross-references · 12 ranked passages

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    15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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    11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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    11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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    11And 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.

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    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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    14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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    6So 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.

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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

    31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

    32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Proverbs 20:14Cross-references · 3 ranked passages

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    6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

    8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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    10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

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Proverbs 20:13

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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COMBINED MEANING

sleep

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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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poverty

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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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satisfied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Proverbs 20:14

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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