Proverbs 6:9
How long will you sleep, sluggard? 2 When will you arise out of your sleep? 1
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In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8provides her bread in the summer, 2 and gathers her food in the harvest. 1
10A little sleep, a little slumber, 2 a little folding of the hands to sleep: 1
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Consider, you senseless among the people; 2 you fools, when will you be wise? 1
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. 2 The idle soul shall suffer hunger. 1
Proverbs 26:14As the door turns on its hinges, 2 so does the sluggard on his bed. 1
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 →