Proverbs 6:9

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“How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?”

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Read Proverbs 6:9 in the flow of Proverbs6 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs6 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 6:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
  2. Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
  3. Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
  4. Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
  5. Proverbs 26:14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
  6. Ecclesiastes 4:5The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
  7. Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
  8. John 1:6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
  9. Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  10. Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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