Proverbios 20:13

13 No ames el sueño, no sea que te empobrezcas; abre tus ojos y te saciarás de pan.

Proverbios 20:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty
Sleep is a very great natural blessing; it is a gift of God, what nature requires, and is desirable; it is to be loved, though not immoderately; it is sweet to a man, and what he should be thankful for; yet should not indulge himself in to the neglect of the proper business of life; nor to be used but at the proper time for it; for the eye is made for sight, and not for sleep only, as Aben Ezra observes, connecting the words with the preceding; and therefore should not be kept shut and inattentive to business, which must necessarily end in poverty and want; see ( Proverbs 6:9-11 ) ; and so spiritual sleep and slothfulness bring on a spiritual poverty in the souls of men, both as to the exercise of grace and the performance of duty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread;
that is, open thine eyes from sleep, awake and keep so, and be sedulous and industrious in the business of thy calling; so shalt thou have a sufficiency of food for thyself and family; see ( Proverbs 12:11 ) . It may be applied to awaking out of sleep in a spiritual sense, and to a diligent attendance to duty and the use of means, whereby the souls of men come to be satisfied with the goodness of the Lord, and the fatness of his house; see ( Ephesians 5:14 ) ( Psalms 65:4 ) .

Proverbios 20:13 In-Context

11 Aun por sus hechos da a conocer un muchacho si su conducta es pura y recta.

12 El oído que oye y el ojo que ve, ambos los ha hecho el SEÑOR.

13 No ames el sueño, no sea que te empobrezcas; abre tus ojos y te saciarás de pan.

14 Malo, malo, dice el comprador, pero cuando se marcha, entonces se jacta.

15 Hay oro y abundancia de joyas, pero cosa más preciosa son los labios con conocimiento.