Proverbs 19:15
Lazy people are often fast asleep, but idleness means they're hungry.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14You inherit a house and wealth from your father, but a sensible wife is a gift from the Lord.
16Keep the commandments, and you'll live; despise them and you'll die.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
Proverbs 18:9Laziness and destruction are brothers.
Proverbs 20:13If you love sleeping you'll become poor. Wake up and get busy, and you'll have plenty to eat.
Proverbs 23:21For people who get drunk and overeat lose all they've got, and they spend so much time dozing that all they have left to wear is rags.
Isaiah 56:10For all the watchmen are blind. None of them know what's going on. They're all silent—they can't bark. They spend their time lying down, dreaming, loving to sleep.
Ephesians 5:14That's why it's said, “Wake up, those of you who are sleeping, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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 →