Proverbs 20:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Proverbs 20:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 20:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 20:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Proverbs 20:13 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.”

Proverbs 20:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 20:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”

Proverbs 20:13 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 20:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”

Proverbs 20:13 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 20:13 in Context — Proverbs 20

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

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

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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What Does Proverbs 20:13 Mean?

Proverbs 20:13 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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