Proverbs 24:33
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Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Proverbs 6:10
And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 24:32
Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

Proverbs 24:34
And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:

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Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Proverbs 6:4-11 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. . . .

Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do: but let us watch, and be sober. . . .

Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction. 33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.…
Lexicon
A little
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

sleep,
שֵׁ֭נוֹת (nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8142: Sleep

a little
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

slumber,
תְּנוּמ֑וֹת (tə·nū·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8572: Drowsiness, sleep

a little
מְעַ֓ט ׀ (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

folding
חִבֻּ֖ק (ḥib·buq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2264: A clasping, folding (of the hands)

of the hands
יָדַ֣יִם (yā·ḏa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

to rest,
לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ (liš·kāḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down


Additional Translations
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

The sluggard says,I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

-- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

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

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

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
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