Proverbs 6:9 {10}
Good News Translation
How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?

New Revised Standard Version
How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?

Contemporary English Version
How long will you lie there doing nothing at all? When are you going to get up and stop sleeping?

New American Bible
How long, O sluggard, will you lie there? when will you rise from your sleep?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

how

Proverbs 1:22 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

Proverbs 24:33,34 Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest. . . .

Jeremiah 4:14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

when

Psalm 94:8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.

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.

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2-7 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. . . .

Context
Warnings Against Foolishness
8How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 9Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:10And 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.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6
Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

Proverbs 6:8
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy 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 20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 26:14
As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

Proverbs 6:8
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