Proverbs 20:13
What does Proverbs 20:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 20:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
- Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.
- Romans 13:11
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
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