Proverbs 6:10

Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

In Context

9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

11And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

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Cross References

Proverbs 23:33Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 24:34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

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 →

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