Proverbs 19:15

New English Translation

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

Proverbs 23:21

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

Proverbs 24:33

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 6:11

and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

Isaiah 56:10

All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”