Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 19:15
15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.
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 trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping. 14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Adonai. Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve. 16One who keeps a mitzvah guards his soul, but one who neglects His ways will die. 17One who is kind to the poor lends to Adonai, and Adonai will reward him for his good deed.
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 19:24The slacker buries his hand in a bowl and will not even bring it back to his mouth!
- Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor. Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
- Proverbs 23:21for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.
- Proverbs 24:33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,”
- Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind. All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, dreamers lying down, lovers of slumber,
- Romans 13:11Besides this, you know the time—that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first came to trust.
- Ephesians 5:14for everything made visible is light. This is why it says, “Wake up, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.”
- Proverbs 10:4Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we would give you this order: 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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