Proverbs 24:33
You will sleep a little,” I said. “You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32When I had seen this, I laid it up in my heart, and by this example, I received discipline.
34And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man.”
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.
Proverbs 18:9Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.
Romans 13:11And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:31-34
The Vineyard of the Slothful. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →