13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.


In Context

10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.

11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.

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

14 It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.

15 There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

Proverbs 20:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied with bread.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.