Proverbs 24:33
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.
34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
Proverbs 18:9He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.
Romans 13:11And that knowing the season; that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6dummy verses inserted by amos
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 →