New English Translation
Proverbs 19:15
15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
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 child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping. 14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry. 16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die. 17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:15 word by word
עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:15
- Proverbs 19:24The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
- Proverbs 6:9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
- Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
- Proverbs 23:21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
- Proverbs 24:33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
- Isaiah 56:10All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
- Romans 13:11And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
- Ephesians 5:14For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
- Proverbs 10:4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he 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
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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
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