Proverbs 20:13

“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty, etc.] Sleep is a very great natural blessing; it is a gift of God, what nature requires, and is desirable; it is to be loved, though not immoderately; it is sweet to a man, and what he should be thankful for; yet should not indulge himself in to the neglect of the proper business of life; nor to be used but at the proper time for it; for the eye is made for sight, and not for sleep only, as Aben Ezra observes, connecting the words with the preceding; and therefore should not be kept shut and inattentive to business, which must necessarily end in poverty and want; (see <200609>Proverbs 6:9-11); and so spiritual sleep and slothfulness bring on a…”

“Activity and diligence contrasted with sloth (Pro 6:9; Pro 10:11). lest . . . poverty--literally, "be deprived of inheritance."”

“Open thine eyes - Be vigilant and active. That is the secret of prosperity. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Open - Shake off sloth and betake thyself to thy employment with diligence and vigour. Proverbs 20:15”

“20:13 Laziness generally leads to poverty (see 10:4-6, 26; 12:11; 13:4; 14:4; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15, 24; 20:4).”

“Love: Pro 6:9-11, Pro 10:4, Pro 12:11, Pro 13:4, Pro 19:15, Pro 24:30-34; Rom 12:11; Th2 3:10 open: Jon 1:6; Rom 13:11; Co1 15:34; Eph 5:14 Proverbs 20:14”

“13 Love not sleep, lest thou become poor; Open thine eyes, and have enough to eat. What is comprehended in the first line here is presented in detail in Pro 6:9-11. The fut. Niph. of רוּשׁ, to become poor (cf. Pro 10:4), is formed metaplastically from ירשׁ, Pro 23:21; Pro 30:9, as at Sa1 2:7; Hitzig compares (Arab.) ryth, which, however, means to loiter or delay, not to come back or down. The R. רש signifies either to be slack without support (cf. דּל), or to desire (cf. אבון, Arab. fkyr, properly hiscens, R. פק, as in פקח, to open widely, which here follows). Regarding the second imper. 13b, vid., Pro 3:4 : it has the force of a consequence, Las deine augen wacker sein, So wirstu brots gnug…”