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 wealth 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; he that is careless of his ways shall die. 17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

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 19:24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
• Proverbs 6:9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? 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 clotheth with rags.
• Proverbs 24:33— A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
• Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
• Romans 13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
• Proverbs 10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to 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