Proverbs 24:33

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

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And that knowing the season; that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:

He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.