Proverbs 24:33

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

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  • Prov 6:4-9 : 4 Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. 7 She has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11 and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    94%

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 24:34
    82%

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 19:15
    78%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 6:4
    77%

    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 24:30-32
    3 verses
    77%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

    31Thorns had grown all over it, the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

    32I observed and took it to heart; I saw it and received instruction.

  • Eccl 5:12
    77%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

  • Job 33:15
    76%

    15In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

  • Ps 127:2
    76%

    2It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Prov 26:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed.

    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

  • Mark 13:36
    75%

    36Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

  • Eccl 10:18
    75%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 12:24
    73%

    24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  • Prov 10:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

    5The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

  • Job 4:13
    73%

    13In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

  • Prov 4:16
    73%

    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Jer 31:26
    73%

    26At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

  • Prov 21:25
    73%

    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

  • Matt 25:5
    73%

    5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

  • Ps 132:4
    72%

    4I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

  • Prov 3:24
    72%

    24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

  • Isa 28:20
    71%

    20The bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

  • Eccl 4:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Eccl 8:16
    71%

    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

  • Prov 13:4
    71%

    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Prov 24:10
    70%

    10If you falter in a day of trouble, your strength is small.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

    7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

  • Ps 76:5
    70%

    5You are radiant and majestic, more excellent than the mountains of prey.

  • Job 3:13
    70%

    13For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest.

  • Prov 20:4
    70%

    4The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • Job 14:12
    70%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • Prov 18:9
    70%

    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Luke 22:46
    70%

    46He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."

  • Matt 26:45
    70%

    45Then He came back to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is being handed over to sinners.

  • Matt 24:43
    69%

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • Prov 22:13
    69%

    13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

  • Job 24:23
    69%

    23He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.

  • Prov 12:27
    69%

    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Mark 14:41
    69%

    41Returning the third time, he said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.