Proverbs 20:13
20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
KJV
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
What does Proverbs 20:13 mean?
Proverbs 20:13 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָהַב (ʼâhab), שֵׁנָה (shênâh), יָרַשׁ (yârash). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Numbers 17:13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Deuteronomy 2:14And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. brook: or, valley
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Proverbs 20:11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 2:9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; Gentile: Gr. Greek
Hebrews 3:10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Hebrews 3:11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) They: Gr. If they shall enter
Hebrews 3:17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hebrews 4:2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. the word: Gr. the word of hearing not being: or, because they were not united by faith to
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Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 20:13.
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 16:8And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
Genesis 21:19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 3:5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. aprons: or, things to gird about
Frequently asked questions
What does Proverbs 20:13 say?
Proverbs 20:13 (King James Version) reads: "Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread."
Is Proverbs 20:13 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 20:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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