Proverbs 24:33
The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, 1 And for a little while I fold my arms across my breast. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32Afterward I reflected, 1 I looked that I might receive instruction. 1
34But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; 1 And thy want like a swift courier. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, 1 Nor slumber with thine eyelids; 1
Proverbs 18:9A man who helps not himself by his labor 1 Is brother of him that ruins himself. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:31-34
The Vineyard of the Slothful. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →