Proverbs 6:4

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

Updated King James Version

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, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

5Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

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

Matthew 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

John 5:4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever 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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