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Proverbs 20:13

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 20:13 in other translations

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:13 · World English Bible

Proverbs 20:13 in context

  1. 11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
  2. 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
  3. 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  4. 14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
  5. 15There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.