Proverbs 19:15
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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 shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Read in contextProverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Read in contextProverbs 6:9–10
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Read in contextRomans 13:11–12
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Read in contextProverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Read in contextProverbs 10:4–5
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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