Proverbs 20:13
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
In context
11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
15 There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
Proverbs 20:13 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
- KJV King James Version
- Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.