Proverbs 20:13
אַל ־ תֶּֽאֱהַב שֵׁנָה פֶּן ־ תִּוָּרֵשׁ פְּקַח עֵינֶיךָ שְֽׂבַֽע ־ לָֽחֶם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
In Context
12אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת וְעַיִן רֹאָה יְהוָה עָשָׂה גַם ־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
14רַע רַע יֹאמַר הַקּוֹנֶה וְאֹזֵל לוֹ אָז יִתְהַלָּֽל ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11וּבָֽא ־ כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹֽרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָגֵֽן ׃ פ
Proverbs 12:11עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃
Proverbs 19:15עַצְלָה תַּפִּיל תַּרְדֵּמָה וְנֶפֶשׁ רְמִיָּה תִרְעָֽב ׃
Jonah 1:6וַיִּקְרַב אֵלָיו רַב הַחֹבֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מַה ־ לְּךָ נִרְדָּם קוּם קְרָא אֶל ־ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אוּלַי יִתְעַשֵּׁת הָאֱלֹהִים לָנוּ וְלֹא נֹאבֵֽד ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:13
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them. Note, 1. God is the God of nature, and all the powers and faculties of nature are derived from him and depend upon him, and therefore are to be employed for him. It was he that formed the eye and planted the ear ( Ps. xciv. 9 ), and the structure of both is admirable; and it is he that preserves to us the use of both; to his providence we owe it that our eyes are seeing eyes and our ears hearing ears. Hearing and seeing are the learning… Read the whole commentary →