Proverbs 6:10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
11So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your lack as an armed man.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:33Yours eyes shall behold strange women, and yours heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs 24:34So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your lack as an armed man.
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 →