Proverbs 19:15

Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

In Context

14We can inherit a house or money from our parents when they die, but only Yahweh can give someone a sensible wife.

16Those who obey God’s commandments will remain alive for a long time; those who despise/disobey them (OR, those who do not control their own conduct) will die while they are still young.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:11and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have.

Proverbs 18:9People who are lazy while they work are just as bad as [IDM] those who destroy things.

Proverbs 20:13If you want to sleep all the time, you will become poor; if you stay awake and work, you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 23:21because drunkards and gluttons will become poor; and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will soon ◄be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes►.

Isaiah 56:10The Israeli leaders should be like watchdogs to protect the people, but it is as though they are blind. They are stupid. They are all like [MET] dogs that cannot bark. Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach, but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.

Ephesians 5:14Just like something on which a light shines reflects that light [MET], whoever has learned God’s truth reveals that truth to others. That is why we believers say this: You who are not aware of your sins, become aware of them [MET]! It is as though you are sound asleep, so wake up! Be like dead people who are becoming alive again! Christ will cause you to know God’s truth, just like a light [MET] that shines causes people to know what is in the darkness.

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 →

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