Proverbs 6:4

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Proverbs 6:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

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Proverbs 6:10

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

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and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

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Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

Matthew 24:18

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Mark 13:35

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Mark 13:36

Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.