Proverbs 20:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you sleep all the time, you will starve; if you get up and work, you will have enough food.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.

Proverbs 12:11

Hard working farmers have more than enough food; daydreamers are nothing more than stupid fools.

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.

Proverbs 19:15

If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.

Proverbs 20:14

Everyone likes to boast about getting a bargain.

Proverbs 28:19

Work hard, and you will have a lot of food; waste time, and you will have a lot of trouble.

Proverbs 31:15

She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and for her servants.

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Perhaps he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Romans 12:11

Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord.

Romans 13:11

You know what sort of times we live in, and so you should live properly. It is time to wake up. You know that the day when we will be saved is nearer now than when we first put our faith in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God.

Ephesians 5:14

Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say, “Wake up from your sleep and rise from death. Then Christ will shine on you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

We also gave you the rule that if you don't work, you don't eat.