Proverbs 19:15

New Century Version

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

A person who doesn’t work hard is just like someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 19:24

Though the lazy person puts his hand in the dish, he won’t lift the food to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:13

If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside! I might get killed out in the street!”

Proverbs 23:21

Those who drink and eat too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.

Proverbs 24:33

You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over her family and never wastes her time.

Proverbs 6:11

So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.

Isaiah 56:10

The leaders who are to guard the people are blind; they don’t know what they are doing. All of them are like quiet dogs that don’t know how to bark. They lie down and dream and love to sleep.

Ephesians 5:14

and everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “Anyone who refuses to work should not eat.”