Proverbs 6:9-11
New International Version - UK
9 How long will you lie there, you 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 on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 6:9-11
American Standard Version
9 How long wilt thou [a]sleep, O sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [b]sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as a [c]robber,
And thy want as [d]an armed man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:9 Hebrew lie down.
- Proverbs 6:10 Hebrew lie down.
- Proverbs 6:11 Or, rover
- Proverbs 6:11 Hebrew a man with a shield.
Proverbs 10:4
New International Version - UK
4 Lazy hands make for poverty,
but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:4
American Standard Version
4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:4
New International Version - UK
4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4
American Standard Version
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 19:15
New International Version - UK
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.
Proverbs 19:15
American Standard Version
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 12:24
New International Version - UK
24 Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labour.
Proverbs 12:24
American Standard Version
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;
But [a]the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:24 Hebrew slothfulness.
Proverbs 20:4
New International Version - UK
4 Sluggards do not plough in season;
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
Proverbs 20:4
American Standard Version
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
[a]Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:4 Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing
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