Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 6:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.”
Proverbs 6:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. {and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend}
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand {of the hunter}, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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