Proverbs 19:15
+ 19:15 Or, keeps down. Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14Fathers divide house and substance to their children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.
16He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveller, and lack as a swift courier: but if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.
Proverbs 18:9A man who helps not himself by his labor is brother of him that ruins himself.
Proverbs 20:13Love not to speak ill, lest you be cut off: open your eyes, and be filled with bread.
Proverbs 23:21for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
Isaiah 56:10See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.
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 →