Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou lie in bed, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise from thy sleep?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8Yet she prepareth in the summer her food, She gathereth in the harvest her meat.
10“A little sleep,—a little slumber,—A little folding of the hands to rest:”
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, And the idle person shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 26:14As a door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, That thou mayst be saved! How long shall thy evil devices lodge within thee?
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 5:2for ye yourselves know full well, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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 →