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Proverbs 20

Prov. 20:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
b not sleep
shehah (Hebrew #8142)
from 3462; sleep
KJV usage: sleep.
Pronounce: shay-naw'
Origin: or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}
, lest thou come to poverty
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
; open
paqach (Hebrew #6491)
to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant
KJV usage: open.
Pronounce: paw-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, and thou shalt be satisfied
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
with bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
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Rom. 12:11• 11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; (Rom. 12:11)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Love.
Prov. 6:9‑11• 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 6:9‑11)
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Prov. 10:4• 4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Prov. 10:4)
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Prov. 12:11• 11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. (Prov. 12:11)
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Prov. 13:4• 4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Prov. 13:4)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)
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Prov. 24:30‑34• 30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
 31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
 32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
 33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. (Prov. 24:30‑34)
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Rom. 12:11• 11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; (Rom. 12:11)
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2 Thess. 3:10• 10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. (2 Thess. 3:10)
open.
Jonah 1:6• 6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. (Jonah 1:6)
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Rom. 13:11• 11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Rom. 13:11)
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1 Cor. 15:34• 34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)
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Eph. 5:14• 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph. 5:14)
• It was by taking his ease that David fell into his grievous sin (2 Sam. 11:1, last clause). (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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