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Proverbs 6:4 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 6 · verse 4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.Proverbs 6:4 · King James Version
Proverbs 6:4 in context
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- slumbertᵉnûwmâhdrowsinessH8572 →
- sleepshênâhsleepH8142 →
- Givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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It is the excellency of the word of God that it teaches us not only divine wisdom for another world, but human prudence for this world, that we may order our affairs with discretion;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5