Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
34So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Proverbs 18:9He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
Romans 13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be 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 →