Proverbs 20:13

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

Proverbs 12:11

Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.

Proverbs 20:14

"It is bad, it is bad," says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.

Proverbs 28:19

Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever pursues leisure will be filled with need.

Proverbs 31:15

And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and provisions to her maids.

Jonah 1:6

And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, "Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish."

Romans 12:11

in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;

Romans 13:11

And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.

Ephesians 5:14

Because of this, it is said: "You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you."

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat.