Proverbs 6:9
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 26:14[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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 5:2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of [the] Lord so comes as a thief by night.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →