Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
King James Version
In Context
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Cross References
Psalms 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Matthew 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
John 5:4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
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 →