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Proverbs 6:8–13

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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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From verse 8

  1. Proverbs 10:5Rank 1 from verse 8
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    5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:19Rank 2 from verse 8
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    19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  3. Proverbs 30:25Rank 3 from verse 8
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    25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

From verse 9

  1. Proverbs 24:33–34Rank 1 from verse 9
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    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.

  2. Psalms 94:8Rank 2 from verse 9
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    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  3. Ephesians 5:14Rank 3 from verse 9
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    14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  4. Jeremiah 4:14Rank 4 from verse 9
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    14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7Rank 5 from verse 9
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    2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

    5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

    6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

From verse 10

  1. Proverbs 24:33–34Rank 1 from verse 10
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    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.

  2. Proverbs 6:6Rank 2 from verse 10
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    6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  3. Proverbs 23:33–34Rank 3 from verse 10
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    33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

    34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

From verse 11

  1. Proverbs 13:4Rank 1 from verse 11
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  2. Proverbs 10:4Rank 2 from verse 11
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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  3. Proverbs 20:4Rank 3 from verse 11
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    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  4. Proverbs 24:34Rank 4 from verse 11
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    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

From verse 12

  1. Matthew 12:34Rank 1 from verse 12
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  2. 1 Timothy 5:13Rank 2 from verse 12
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    13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  3. Proverbs 16:27Rank 3 from verse 12
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    27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

  4. Proverbs 4:24Rank 4 from verse 12
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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  5. Psalms 52:2–4Rank 5 from verse 12
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

From verse 13

  1. Psalms 35:19Rank 1 from verse 13
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  2. Job 15:12Rank 2 from verse 13
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    12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  3. Proverbs 10:10Rank 3 from verse 13
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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  4. Proverbs 5:6Rank 4 from verse 13
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    6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:8

COMBINED MEANING

meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

summer

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Sense 1: The warm season of the year. Sense 2: Fruit ripening or gathered in that season, or a dwelling used in it. Sense 3: As a verb, to pass that season in a place.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:9

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

sluggard

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A habitually lazy or idle person who avoids work or timely duty.

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

COMBINED MEANING

arise

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1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:10

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

folding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of fold, meaning to bend, wrap, or enclose by doubling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:11

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

want

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Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:12

COMBINED MEANING

naughty

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1. Morally bad or wicked. 2. Of things, bad, corrupt, or unfit for use.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

froward

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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:13

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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6:12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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