Proverbs 19:15

New International Version

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 19:24

A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Proverbs 23:21

for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 31:27

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

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

Ephesians 5:14

This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”