Proverbs 19:15

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 23:21

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

Proverbs 20:13

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

2 Thessalonians 3:10

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

Proverbs 24:33

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

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.”

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.

Proverbs 19:24

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

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.

Proverbs 18:9

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

Proverbs 22:13

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