Proverbs 6:10 (BSB)

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

From Proverbs 6. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 6:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 6:6-11: Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves his ease, lives in idleness, minds no business, sticks to nothing, brings nothing to pass, and in a particular manner is careless in the business of religion. Slothfulness is as sure a way to poverty, though not so short a way, as rash suretiship. He speaks here to the sluggard, I. By way of instruction, Pro 6:6-8.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 6:10: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Either swiftly and suddenly, as a traveller makes haste to get to his journey's end, and comes upon his family or friends at an unawares; or though he moves gradually, by slow paces and silent steps, yet surely: and so it signifies that poverty should come upon the sluggard very quickly, and before he was aware...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 6:10: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (c) He expresses the nature of the sluggards, who though they sleep long, yet never have enough, but always seek opportunity for more.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 6:9-11: Pro 6:9-11 After the poet has admonished the sluggard to take the ant as an example, he seeks also to rouse him out of his sleepiness and indolence: 9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? When wilt thou rise up from thy sleep?