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Don`t love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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Diligence Defeats Poverty
All commentators agree that this verse offers straightforward, practical wisdom. Loving sleep to the point of neglecting work leads directly to poverty. The command to 'open your eyes' is a call to be vigilant, active, and industrious. As scholars like Albert Barnes and Matthew Henry explain, this diligence is the secret to avoiding lack and being 'satisfied with bread.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Open your eyes: Be vigilant and active. That is the secret of prosperity.
19th Century
Anglican
Open your eyes— Be up and stirring.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty Sleep is a very great natural blessing; it is a gift of God, what nature require…
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Those who indulge themselves may expect to lack necessities, which should have been obtained by honest labor.
