Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
In context
10 Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright. 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. 14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts. 15 There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 16 Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 20:13 in the KJV
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 20:13 in the NIV
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.