Proverbs 6:9

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Proverbs 6:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

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

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

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Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 24:34

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

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Psalms 94:8

Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

John 1:6

There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

Romans 13:11

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Ephesians 5:14

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.