Proverbs 20:13

New Century Version

If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the one who chases empty dreams is not wise.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Proverbs 20:14

Buyers say, “This is bad. It’s no good.” Then they go away and brag about what they bought.

Proverbs 28:19

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the ones who chase empty dreams instead will end up poor.

Proverbs 31:15

She gets up while it is still dark and prepares food for her family and feeds her servant girls.

Jonah 1:6

The captain of the ship came and said, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray to your god! Maybe your god will pay attention to us, and we won’t die!”

Romans 12:11

Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.

Romans 13:11

Do this because we live in an important time. It is now time for you to wake up from your sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you do not know God—I say this to shame you.

Ephesians 5:14

and everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “Anyone who refuses to work should not eat.”