13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13)Note, 1. Those that indulge themselves in their ease may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour. “Therefore, though thou must sleep (nature requires it), yet love not sleep , as those do that hate business. Love not sleep for its own sake, but only as it fits for further work. Love not much sleep, but rather grudge the time that is spent in it, and wish thou cou…
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