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Proverbs 6:10 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 6 · verse 10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Proverbs 6:10 · King James Version
Proverbs 6:10 in context
8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- slumbertᵉnûwmâhdrowsinessH8572 →
- foldingchibbuqa clasping of the handsH2264 →
- littlemᵉʻaṭa little or fewH4592 →
- sleepshênâhsleepH8142 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
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Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves his ease, lives in idleness, minds no business, sticks to nothing, brings nothing to pass, and in a particular manner is careless in the business of religion. Slothfulness is as sure a way to poverty, though not so short a way, as rash suretiship.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11