Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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In The King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
In Context
14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
Proverbs 20:13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Ephesians 5:14Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise 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 →