Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. New Living Translation If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat! English Standard Version Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. Berean Standard Bible Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food. King James Bible Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. New King James Version Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread. New American Standard Bible Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. NASB 1995 Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. NASB 1977 Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. Legacy Standard Bible Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. Amplified Bible Do not love [excessive] sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes [so that you can do your work] and you will be satisfied with bread. Christian Standard Bible Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.” American Standard Version Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Contemporary English Version If you sleep all the time, you will starve; if you get up and work, you will have enough food. English Revised Version Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not love sleep or you will end up poor. Keep your eyes open, and you will have plenty to eat. Good News Translation If you spend your time sleeping, you will be poor. Keep busy and you will have plenty to eat. International Standard Version Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food. Majority Standard Bible Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food. NET Bible Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food. New Heart English Bible Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. Webster's Bible Translation Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. World English Bible Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo not love sleep, lest you become poor, "" Open your eyes—be satisfied [with] bread. Young's Literal Translation Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread. Smith's Literal Translation Thou shalt not love sleep lest thou shalt be dispossessed: open wide thine eyes, being filled with bread. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLove not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread. New American Bible Do not love sleep lest you be reduced to poverty; keep your eyes open, have your fill of food. New Revised Standard Version Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLove not sleep test you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do not love sleep, lest you become poor, but open your eyes and be satisfied with bread. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread in plenty. Brenton Septuagint Translation Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wine is a Mocker…12Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both. 13Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food. 14“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.… Cross References Proverbs 6:9-11 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? / A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, / and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. Proverbs 24:33-34 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, / and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. Matthew 25:26-30 ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. / Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. / Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. ... 1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. Romans 13:11 And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Ephesians 5:14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Proverbs 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger. Proverbs 10:4-5 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. / He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son. Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” / For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies. / We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living. Ecclesiastes 10:18 Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks. Matthew 24:42-44 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. / But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. / For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. Luke 21:34-36 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. / For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. / So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.” 1 Corinthians 15:34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame. Proverbs 12:11 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment. Treasury of Scripture Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. love Proverbs 6:9-11 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? … Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Proverbs 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. open John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. Jump to Previous Awake Bread Enough Eyes Food Grow Love Open Plenty Poor Poverty Satisfied Sleep SpareJump to Next Awake Bread Enough Eyes Food Grow Love Open Plenty Poor Poverty Satisfied Sleep SpareProverbs 20 1. Proper LivingDo not love sleep The Hebrew word for "love" here is "אָהַב" (ahav), which implies a deep affection or attachment. In this context, it warns against an excessive fondness for sleep, which can lead to laziness. Historically, sleep is a natural and necessary part of life, but the Bible often uses it metaphorically to represent spiritual lethargy or neglect of duty. The admonition is not against rest itself, but against prioritizing comfort over diligence. In a conservative Christian perspective, this can be seen as a call to spiritual vigilance and active engagement in one's faith and responsibilities. or you will grow poor open your eyes and you will have plenty of food Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not love תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב (te·’ĕ·haḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f sleep, שֵׁ֭נָה (nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8142: Sleep or פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest you will grow poor; תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ (tiw·wā·rêš) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 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 6491: To open, to be observant your eyes, עֵינֶ֣יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā) Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain [and] you will have plenty שְֽׂבַֽע־ (śə·ḇa‘-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited of food. לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain Links Proverbs 20:13 NIVProverbs 20:13 NLT Proverbs 20:13 ESV Proverbs 20:13 NASB Proverbs 20:13 KJV Proverbs 20:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 20:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:13 French Bible Proverbs 20:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:13 Don't love sleep lest you come (Prov. 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