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


In Context

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

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

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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

Proverbs 20:13 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

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.