Proverbs 19:16
He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die.
Updated King James 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
15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Cross References
Job 5:2For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let yours heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 15:32He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.
Proverbs 21:16The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.
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 →