Proverbs 19:15
Sloth causes deep sleep to fall, || And an indolent soul hungers.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14House and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, || And an understanding wife [is] from YHWH.
16Whoever is keeping the command is keeping his soul, || Whoever is despising His ways dies.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11And your poverty has come as a traveler, || And your want as an armed man.
Proverbs 18:9He also that is remiss in his work, || He [is] a brother to a destroyer.
Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor, || Open your eyes—be satisfied [with] bread.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and glutton become poor, || And drowsiness clothes with rags.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind—all of them, || They have not known, || All of them [are] mute dogs, they are not able to bark, || Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Ephesians 5:14for this reason it says, “Arouse yourself, you who are sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the 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 →