Proverbs 20:13
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
שָׂבַע
sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂבַע sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
Study H7646 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
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