Proverbs 6:4

Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend.

5Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

Proverbs 6:10You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep,

Matthew 24:17And whoever is on the roof, let him not descend to take anything from his house.

John 5:4Now at times an Angel of the Lord would descend into the pool, and so the water was moved. And whoever descended first into the pool, after the motion of the water, he was healed of whatever infirmity held him.

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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