Proverbs 6:4
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.”Proverbs 6:4
What Does Proverbs 6:4 Mean?
Proverbs 6:4 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 6, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 6:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 132:4“I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,”Proverbs 24:33“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”Isaiah 56:10“His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.”Proverbs 6:10“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”Luke 22:46“And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”Psalms 55:7“Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.”Mark 13:35“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:”Ecclesiastes 9:10“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”Genesis 19:15“And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”1 Samuel 25:18“Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.”Matthew 24:17“Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:”1 Samuel 20:38“And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.”2 Samuel 17:16“Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.”2 Samuel 19:16“And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.”Jeremiah 48:6“Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.”Mark 13:15“And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:”Acts 24:25“And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.”
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