Proverbs 19:15

Tree of Life Version

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

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

Proverbs 19:24

The slacker buries his hand in a bowl and will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor. Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”

Proverbs 23:21

for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 31:27

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

Proverbs 6:11

and your poverty comes like a bandit and your need like an armed man.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are all blind. All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, dreamers lying down, lovers of slumber,

Ephesians 5:14

for everything made visible is light. This is why it says, “Wake up, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we would give you this order: if anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.