Bible verse
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Proverbs 24:33 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 24.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
KJV
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
ASV
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
ERV
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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