Proverbs 6:9

So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.

10You may say, “Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest”—

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Cross References

Psalms 94:8Take another look, you stupid people! Fools—when will you ever get the point?

Proverbs 19:15Lazy people are often fast asleep, but idleness means they're hungry.

Proverbs 26:14A lazy person turns in bed like a door turns on its hinge.

Jeremiah 4:14Clean the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you can be saved. How long will you hold onto your evil thoughts?

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 5:2You yourselves know very well 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 →

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