Proverbs 19:15

New International Reader's Version

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

Anyone who doesn’t want to work is like someone who destroys.

Proverbs 19:24

A person who doesn’t want to work leaves his hand in the dish. He won’t even bring it back up to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:13

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor. Stay awake, and you will have more food than you need.

Proverbs 22:13

People who don’t want to work say, “There’s a lion outside!” Or they say, “I’ll be murdered if I go out into the streets!”

Proverbs 23:21

Those who drink or eat too much will become poor. If they sleep too much, they’ll have to wear rags.

Proverbs 24:33

You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over family matters. She is busy all the time.

Proverbs 6:11

Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.

Ephesians 5:14

That is why it is said, “Wake up, sleeper. Rise from the dead. Then Christ will shine on you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Even when we were with you, we gave you a rule. We said, “Anyone who won’t work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”