Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie, O sluggard? and when will you awake out of sleep?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; whose labors kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: though weak in + 6:8 Gr. strength. body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.

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.

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Cross References

Psalms 94:8+ 94:8 Heb 3:7-12 To-day, if you⌃ will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of + 94:8 Note, πειρασμοῦ is the reading of several editions. irritation in the wilderness: 1

Proverbs 19:15+ 19:15 Or, keeps down. Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.

Proverbs 26:14As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Jeremiah 4:14Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved: how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?

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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