Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

American Standard Version

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, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

Proverbs 6:10[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Matthew 24:17let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

John 5:4[for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.]

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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