Proverbs 19:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.”
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BSBPD
“Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 19:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- Proverbs 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- Proverbs 19:24The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
- Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
- Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
- Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
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