Proverbs 6:4

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

5deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;

Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Matthew 24:17let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;

John 5:4For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under.]

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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