Proverbs 6:4

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

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Proverbs 6:4 in Other Translations

KJV

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

ESV

4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;

NLT

4 Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.

MSG

4 Don't procrastinate - there's no time to lose.

CSB

4 Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Proverbs 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
] Until the above things are done; which denotes of what consequence and importance they are; and that persons in such circumstances should not be careless, dilatory, and unconcerned; but should use great diligence, and leave no stone unturned, or method untried, to extricate themselves; see ( Psalms 132:4 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Proverbs 6:4 In-Context

2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—and give your neighbor no rest!

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no 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 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

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1. Psalms 132:4

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