Proverbs 20:13

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

KJV

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

WEB

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

ASV

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

LSV

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor, || Open your eyes—be satisfied [with] bread.

YLT

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.

DBY

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

DRC

Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

GNV

Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

JPS

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread in plenty.

LXXE

Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.

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WLC

אַל־תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἀγάπα καταλαλεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἐξαρθῇς· διάνοιξον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, καὶ ἐμπλήσθητι ἄρτων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
• Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
• Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
• Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
• Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Proverbs 6:9–11How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
• Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
• Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
• Proverbs 24:30–34I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. I observed and took it to heart; I…
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

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