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

love

Proverbs 6:9-11 Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep: . . .

Proverbs 10:4 He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 12:11 He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

Proverbs 13:4 The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

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

Proverbs 24:30-34 I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: . . .

Romans 12:11 In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For also, when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

open

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

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.

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

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

Context
Wine is a Mocker
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. 13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.14It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9
Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

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 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.

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

Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.

Proverbs 31:15
And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

love
תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב (te·’ĕ·haḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

sleep,
שֵׁ֭נָה (nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8142: Sleep

or
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

you will grow poor;
תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ (tiw·wā·rêš)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

open
פְּקַ֖ח (pə·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6491: To open, to be observant

your eyes,
עֵינֶ֣יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

[and] you will have plenty
שְֽׂבַֽע־ (śə·ḇa‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

of food.
לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain


Additional Translations
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.
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