Proverbs 6:4

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Matthew 24:17Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

John 5:4For from time to time an angel descended into the pool and stirred the water. As soon as the water was stirred, the first to enter the pool would be healed of his disease.

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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