Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from LORD.
16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul. He who is careless of his ways shall die.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
Ephesians 5:14Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:15
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord . Note, 1. A discreet and virtuous wife is a choice gift of God's providence to a man—a wife that is prudent, in opposition to one that is contentious, v. 13 . For, though a wife that is continually finding fault may think it is her wit and wisdom to be so, it is really her folly; a prudent wife is meek and quiet, and makes the best of every thing. If a man has such a wife, let him not ascribe it to the wisdom of his own choice… Read the whole commentary →