Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1-5 against suretyship, Pro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids - before that thou has...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dissuasives from Hurtful things Proverbs 6:1-19 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sl...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Avoid Suretyship and Sloth Proverbs 6:1-19 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to bec...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Until the above things are done; which denotes of what consequence and importance they...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Ver. 4. Give not sleep to thine eyes, &c. ] Augustus wondered at a certain knight...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Do this now, my son Immediately follow the counsel which I now give thee, and deliver thyself Use thy utmost endeavours to be discharged; when ,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy frie...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this obligation. Be not secure, nor negligent, nor dilatory in this matter.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

If His Son Has Become Surety For Another He Should Seek To Obtain Release From His Obligation At All Costs ( Proverbs 6:1-5 ). To become a surety...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES, — Proverbs 6:1 . With a stranger, rather, “for” a stranger. Proverbs 6:3 . When thou art come , rather, “for thou hast come.”...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

If thou be surety for thy friend. Social suretyships The principles of domestic, social, and political economy in the Bible are far more wise,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 6:1-20 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against Foolish Suretyship, Idleness, and Malice
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Give not sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids, the most strenuous, ceaseless endeavors being demanded by the situation.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Mark 13:35 ; Mark 13:36 ; Matthew 24:17 ; Matthew 24:18 ; Proverbs 6:10 ; Proverbs 6:11 ; Psalms 132:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Give not sleep — Until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this obligation.

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 6:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 6:4