Proverbs 6:4

Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

5Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. [Selah.]

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

Matthew 24:17And, he that is on the house-top, let him not come down, to take away the things out of his house;

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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