Proverbs 6:9

New International Reader's Version

You lazy people, how long will you lie there? When will you get up from your sleep?

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

You who aren’t wise, pay attention. You foolish people, when will you become wise?

Proverbs 1:22

“How long will you childish people love your childish ways? How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others? How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?

Proverbs 19:15

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Proverbs 20:13

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor. Stay awake, and you will have more food than you need.

Proverbs 26:14

A person who doesn’t want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.

Proverbs 6:10

You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.

Proverbs 6:6

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 6:8

But it stores up its food in summer. It gathers its food at harvest time.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

Foolish people fold their hands and don’t work. And that destroys them.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash your sins from your hearts and be saved. How long will you hold on to your evil thoughts?

John 1:6

There was a man sent from God. His name was John.

Romans 13:11

When you do these things, keep in mind the times we are living in. The hour has already come for you to wake up from your sleep. The full effects of our salvation are closer now than when we first believed in Christ.

Ephesians 5:14

That is why it is said, “Wake up, sleeper. Rise from the dead. Then Christ will shine on you.”