Proverbs 6:4

Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—

Matthew 24:17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.

John 5:4for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.

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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