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Proverbs 19:15
15Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them 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 a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping. 14Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give an understanding wife. Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry. 16Keep the commandments and keep your life; despising them leads to death. 17If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!
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 19:24Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
- Proverbs 6:9But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?
- Proverbs 20:13If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!
- Proverbs 23:21for they are on their way to poverty, and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
- Proverbs 24:33A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
- Isaiah 56:10For the leaders of my people— the Lord’s watchmen, his shepherds— are blind and ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
- Romans 13:11This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- Ephesians 5:14for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
- Proverbs 10:4Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to 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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