Proverbs 6:9
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”Proverbs 6:9
What Does Proverbs 6:9 Mean?
Proverbs 6:9 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 6, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 6:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 6:6“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:”Proverbs 24:33“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”Proverbs 20:13“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”Proverbs 19:15“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”Matthew 17:17“Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.”Psalms 94:8“Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?”Proverbs 19:24“A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.”Proverbs 23:21“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”Jeremiah 4:14“O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?”Ephesians 5:14“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”Psalms 62:3“How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.”Proverbs 1:22“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”Mark 13:36“Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.”Romans 13:11“And 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.”1 Thessalonians 5:2“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”1 Samuel 1:14“And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.”Proverbs 26:14“As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.”John 1:6“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.”
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