Proverbs 24:33

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

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And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And thy want as an armed man.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

He also that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.

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