தூக்கத்தை விரும்பாதே, விரும்பினால் தரித்திரனாவாய்; கண் விழித்திரு, அப்பொழுது ஆகாரத்தினால் திருப்தியாவாய்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, `and’ thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
World English Bible (WEB)
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied `with’ bread.
Cross Reference
Jonah 1:6
So 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.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
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.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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