Proverbs 24:33

Bible in Basic English 1965

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

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He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.