Mishle 6:4

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

Mishle 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 ) .

Mishle 6:4 In-Context

2 Thou art snared with the words of thy peh (mouth), thou art trapped with the words of thy peh (mouth).

3 Do this now, beni (my son), and deliver thyself, since thou art come into the palm of thy re’a; go, humble thyself, and plead with thy re’a.

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

5 Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the yad [of the hunter], and as a tzippor (bird) from the yad of the fowler.

6 Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise);