Proverbs 6:4

Do not wait until tomorrow; go immediately! Do not rest until you go and talk with him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your wealth: Humbly go to your friend and plead with him to cancel the agreement!

5Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter or like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7I would fly far away and live in the desert. (Think about that!)

Proverbs 6:10You sleep a for a little time; you say, “I will take just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands across your chest and rest;

Matthew 24:17Those who are outside their houses must not go back into their houses to get things before they flee.

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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