Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless of his ways shall die.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Proverbs 18:9He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall 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 →