Proverbs 19:15

The Scriptures 1998

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton become poor, And slumber puts rags on a man.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone does not wish to work, neither let him eat.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Ephesians 5:14

That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.”

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, all of them, they have not known. All of them are dumb dogs, unable to bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy one buries his hand in a dish, And does not bring it back to his mouth.

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 shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.

Proverbs 18:9

Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside! I am going to be killed in the streets!”