Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, 2 a little folding of the hands to sleep: 1
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In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
9How long will you sleep, sluggard? 2 When will you arise out of your sleep? 1
11so your poverty will come as a robber, 2 and your scarcity as an armed man. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, 2 and your mind will imagine confusing things. 1
Proverbs 24:34so your poverty will come as a robber, 2 and your want as an armed man.
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 →