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


In Context

10 Differing weights and differing measures- the Lord detests them both.

11 Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.

12 Ears that hear and eyes that see- the Lord has made them both.

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

14 "It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.

15 Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

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 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.