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| 1 | "Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream]," | |
| 2 | Then your poverty will come as a robber, And your want like an armed man. | |
| 3 | These are also the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied: | |
| 4 | It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. | |
| 5 | As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the hearts and minds of kings are[1] unsearchable. | |
| 6 | Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out [the pure metal for] a vessel for the silversmith [to shape]. |