Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber with your eyelids;

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

In Context

3My son, do what I command you, and deliver yourself; for on your friend's account you are come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even your friend for whom you are become surety.

5that you may deliver yourself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7You will on no account save them; you will bring down the people in wrath. 1

Proverbs 6:10You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short time, and you fold your arms over your breast a little.

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 →

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