King James Version
Proverbs 20:13 in the King James Version says “Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”
Proverbs 20:13 · KJV
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“lest thou come to poverty”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
“thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“and thou shalt be satisfied”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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