Proverbs 24:33
“A little sleep, a little slumber! A little folding of the hands to rest!”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it. and received instruction.
34So shall poverty come upon thee like a highwayman; Yea, want like an armed man.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Proverbs 18:9Moreover, he that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.
Romans 13:11And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.
1 Thessalonians 5:6Let us not sleep, then, as others, but let us watch and be 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 →