Proverbs 6:9
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:—
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion?
Proverbs 19:15Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
Proverbs 26:14The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash from wickedness thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved,—How long, shall lodge within thee thy wicked devices?
Romans 13:11And, this besides,—knowing the season—that it is an hour already for you out of sleep to be wakened; for, now, is our salvation nearer than when we believed:
1 Thessalonians 5:2For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know—that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;
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 →