Proverbs 19:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep; a slacker goes hungry.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:15 Cross References

Proverbs 23:21

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat.

Proverbs 24:33

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s sentinels are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Proverbs 19:24

The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to the mouth.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”