Proverbs 6:10
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
9So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?
11and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:33You'll hallucinate, seeing strange things, and your confused mind will make you say all kinds of craziness.
Proverbs 24:34and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
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 →