New King James Version
Proverbs 19:15
15Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
Context of Proverbs 19:15
13A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping. 14Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord. Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger. 16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of his ways will die. 17He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:15 word by word
עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:15
- Proverbs 19:24A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 6:9How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?
- Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
- Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;
- Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Romans 13:11And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
- Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
- Proverbs 10:4He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall 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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