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Proverbs 20:13

“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”

Verse in context — Proverbs 20

11

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.

12

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

14

[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

15

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

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