Proverbs 6:4

Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

In Context

3Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

5Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7\55:6\And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

Matthew 24:17Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:2-6

Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. It is… Read the whole commentary →

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