Font Size
Proverbs 20:13
New International Version
Proverbs 20:13
New International Version
13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 20:13
King James Version
Proverbs 20:13
King James Version
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Read full chapter
Romans 12:11
New International Version
Romans 12:11
New International Version
11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,(A) serving the Lord.
Romans 12:11
King James Version
Romans 12:11
King James Version
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Read full chapter
Proverbs 19:15
New International Version
Proverbs 19:15
New International Version
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.(A)
Proverbs 19:15
King James Version
Proverbs 19:15
King James Version
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 12:11
New International Version
Proverbs 12:11
New International Version
11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(A)
Proverbs 12:11
King James Version
Proverbs 12:11
King James Version
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 10:4
New International Version
Proverbs 10:4
New International Version
Proverbs 10:4
King James Version
Proverbs 10:4
King James Version
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 13:4
New International Version
Proverbs 13:4
New International Version
4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,(A)
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4
King James Version
Proverbs 13:4
King James Version
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 6:9-11
New International Version
Proverbs 6:9-11
New International Version
Proverbs 6:9-11
King James Version
Proverbs 6:9-11
King James Version
9 How long wilt thou 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 sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Read full chapter
2 Thessalonians 3:10
New International Version
2 Thessalonians 3:10
New International Version
10 For even when we were with you,(A) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(B) shall not eat.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10
King James Version
2 Thessalonians 3:10
King James Version
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Read full chapter
Romans 13:11
New International Version
Romans 13:11
New International Version
The Day Is Near
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Romans 13:11
King James Version
Romans 13:11
King James Version
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.
Read full chapter
Ephesians 5:14
New International Version
Ephesians 5:14
New International Version
14 This is why it is said:
Ephesians 5:14
King James Version
Ephesians 5:14
King James Version
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Read full chapter
Jonah 1:6
New International Version
Jonah 1:6
New International Version
6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call(A) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”(B)
Jonah 1:6
King James Version
Jonah 1:6
King James Version
6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 24:30-34
New International Version
Proverbs 24:30-34
New International Version
30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(A)
past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest(B)—
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.(C)
Proverbs 24:30-34
King James Version
Proverbs 24:30-34
King James Version
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 15:34
New International Version
1 Corinthians 15:34
New International Version
34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(A)—I say this to your shame.(B)
1 Corinthians 15:34
King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:34
King James Version
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Read full chapter
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.