Proverbs 24:33
You may say, “Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest”—
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32As I looked I thought about it, and what I saw taught me a lesson:
34and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it.
Proverbs 18:9Laziness and destruction are brothers.
Romans 13:11You should do this because you realize how urgent the time is—that it's high time for you to wake up from your sleep. For salvation is closer to us now than when we first put our trust in God.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then we shouldn't be sleeping like everybody else—we should stay awake and keep ourselves clear-headed.
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 →