Proverbs 6:10

“A little sleep, a little slumber, 1 a little folding of the hands to rest”— 1

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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

In Context

9How long will you sleep, you lazy person? 1 When will you rise from your sleep? 1

11and your poverty will come like a robber 1 and your needs like an armed soldier. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things 1 and your heart will utter perverse things. 1

Proverbs 24:34and poverty comes marching upon you, 1 and your needs like an armed soldier.

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 →

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