Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.
Proverbs 18:9He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.
Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
Proverbs 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten 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 →