Proverbs 20:13

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Love	תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב te.'e.Hav	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
sleep	שֵׁ֭נָה She.nah	H8142	sleep · noun, common feminine singular absolute
poverty	תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ ti.va.Resh	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
open	פְּקַ֖ח pe.Kach	H6491	to open (the senses · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
eyes	עֵינֶ֣יךָ 'ei.Nei.kha	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
satisfied	שְֽׂבַֽע se.va'-	H7646	to sate · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
bread	לָֽחֶם La.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Proverbs 6:9-11 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:13

Note, 1. Those that indulge themselves in their ease may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour. "Therefore, though thou must sleep (nature requires it), yet love not sleep, as those do that hate business. Love not sleep for its own sake, but only as it fits for further work. Love not much sleep, but rather grudge the time that is spent in it, and wish thou couldst live without it, that thou mightest always be employed in some good exercise." We must allow it to our bodies as men allow it to their servants, because they cannot help it and otherwise they shall have no good of them. Those that love sleep are likely to come to poverty, not only because they l…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 20:13

Activity and diligence contrasted with sloth (Pro 6:9; Pro 10:11). lest . . . poverty--literally, "be deprived of inheritance."

John Gill on Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty,.... Sleep is a very great natural blessing; it is a gift of God, what nature requires, and is desirable; it is to be loved, though not immoderately; it is sweet to a man, and what he should be thankful for; yet should not indulge himself in to the neglect of the proper business of life; nor to be used but at the proper time for it; for the eye is made for sight, and not for sleep only, as Aben Ezra observes, connecting the words with the preceding; and therefore should not be kept shut and inattentive to business, which must necessarily end in poverty and want; see Proverbs 6:9; and so spiritual sleep and slothfulness bring on a spiritual poverty in…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 20:13

13 Love not sleep, lest thou become poor; Open thine eyes, and have enough to eat. What is comprehended in the first line here is presented in detail in Pro 6:9-11. The fut. Niph. of רוּשׁ, to become poor (cf. Pro 10:4), is formed metaplastically from ירשׁ, Pro 23:21; Pro 30:9, as at Sa1 2:7; Hitzig compares (Arab.) ryth, which, however, means to loiter or delay, not to come back or down. The R. רש signifies either to be slack without support (cf. דּל), or to desire (cf. אבון, Arab. fkyr, properly hiscens, R. פק, as in פקח, to open widely, which here follows). Regarding the second imper. 13b, vid., Pro 3:4 : it has the force of a consequence, Las deine augen wacker sein, So wirstu brots gnug…

The Church Fathers

Do not love sleep, etc. Do not love the sleep of sin and slothfulness, about which the Apostle says, "It is high time to awake out of sleep" (Rom. XIII); lest, if you do not wish to be vigilant now, you be overtaken by that dire poverty in the future where you cannot find even a single drop of water when thirsty. Open the eyes of your heart to holy vigils, and seek the satisfaction of heavenly joys by living well.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Idleness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Idleness And Sloth · Lead to: Poverty — Lead to: Poverty
Industry · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Poor · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Poor, The · Condition of, often results from: Sloth — Condition of, often results from: Sloth
Poverty · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 20:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 20:13

John Gill on Proverbs 20:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 20:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 20:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 20:13

John Gill on Proverbs 20:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 20:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 20:13

Rashi on Proverbs 20:13