Proverbs 20:13 · KJV
"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread."
King James Version
What does Proverbs 20:13 mean? →Passage Context
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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