Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for us to wake up from our slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
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 →