Proverbs 19:15
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
Young's Literal Translation
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 from Jehovah [is] an understanding wife.
16Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 18:9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] to a destroyer.
Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.
Proverbs 23:21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Isaiah 56:10Blind [are] his watchmen — all of them, They have not known, All of them [are] dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Ephesians 5:14wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
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 →