Proverbs 24:33
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
34so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
Romans 13:11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
1 Thessalonians 5:6so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:31-34
The Vineyard of the Slothful. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →