Proverbs 19:16
Keep the commandments, and you'll live; despise them and you'll die.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
In Context
15Lazy people are often fast asleep, but idleness means they're hungry.
Cross References
Job 5:2Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
Proverbs 3:1My son, don't forget my instructions. Always keep my commands in mind.
Proverbs 15:32If you ignore instruction you have no self-esteem, but if you listen to correction you gain understanding.
Proverbs 21:16Anyone who wanders away from the path of understanding ends up with the dead.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and traps lie in the path of crooked people; those who value their lives will stay away from them.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Those who follow his commands will not be involved in doing evil. Wise people think, recognizing there's a right time, and a right way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:16
Circumspection and Charity. 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. See here the evil of a sluggish slothful disposition. 1. It stupefies men, and makes them senseless, and mindless of their own affairs, as they were cast into a deep sleep, dreaming much, but doing nothing. Slothful people doze away their time, bury their talents, live a useless life, and are the unprofitable burdens of the earth; for any service they do when they are awake they might as well be always… Read the whole commentary →