Proverbs 19:15

New King James Version

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with 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 ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 6:11

So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.