Proverbs 19:15

Proverbs 19:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• New International Version (NIV)Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Context of Proverbs 19:15

13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die. 17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Proverbs 19:15 word by word

עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃Read the interlinear

• deepתַּרְדֵּמָהtardêmâh · deep sleepH8639
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• hungerרָעֵבrâ‛êb · be hungryH7456

Cross-references for Proverbs 19:15

• Proverbs 19:24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
• Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
• Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.
• Proverbs 24:33Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
• Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Romans 13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
• Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Commentaries on Proverbs 19:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Into a deep sleep - תרדמה tardemah, the same into which Adam was thrown, before Eve was taken from his side. Sloth renders a man utterly unconscious of all his interests. Though he has frequently felt hunger, yet he is regardless that his continual slothfulness must necessarily plunge him into more sufferings.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Casteth into a deep sleep - Better, causeth deep sleep to fall.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that which is to come.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. a deep sleep--a state of utter indifference. idle soul--or, "person" (compare Pr 10:4; 12:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 19:15

• Idleness
• Slothfulness

In the dictionaries

• Deep Sleep
• Judgment
• Pity
• Scorner
• Slothfulness
• Hunger
• Idle; Idleness
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Sleep, Deep

Commentaries on Proverbs 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings