Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
*Loue not sleepe, lest thou come to pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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- *Cross-referenceChap. 19.15. and 12.11.
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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.
6So the shipmaster came to him, and said vnto him; What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.
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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.
9*How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
11So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
- Proverbs 24:30–34Rank 11 from verse 13
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.
30I went by the field of the slouthfull, and by the vineyard of the man voyd of vnderstanding:
31And loe, it was all growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall therof was broken downe:
32†Then I saw, and considered it well, I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
33* Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:
34†So shall thy pouertie come, as one that traueileth, and thy want, as an armed man.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 12 from verse 13
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Proverbs 20:13
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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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.
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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.
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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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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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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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20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
20:12*The hearing eare, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made euen both of them.
20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:13*Loue not sleepe, lest thou come to pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Selected passage20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
20:14 It is nought, it is nought (saith the buyer:) but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.