Proverbs 6:9
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 26:14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the 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 →