Proverbs 6:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 1:22

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

Proverbs 19:15

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

Proverbs 20:13

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

Proverbs 26:14

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

Proverbs 6:10

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

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Proverbs 6:8

She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

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

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

John 1:6

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Romans 13:11

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.

Ephesians 5:14

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