Proverbs 19:15
13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
16 He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- KJV
- Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- WEB
- Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- ASV
- Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- DARBY
- Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- BLB
- Sluggishness causes a deep sleep to fall, and a soul of slackness will be hungry.
- ÅB
- Dovenskap senker i dyp søvn, og den late skal hungre.
- OTB
- Latskap fører til dyp søvn, og en lat person vil lide sult.
- B1930
- Dovenskap senker i dyp søvn, og den late skal hungre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Read in contextProverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Read in contextProverbs 6:9–10
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Read in contextRomans 13:11–12
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Read in contextProverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Read in contextProverbs 10:4–5
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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