Proverbs 6:4

4 Do not 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 ) .

Proverbs 6:4 In-Context

2 [if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,

3 do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.

4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.

5 Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

6 Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.