Proverbs 19:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃

Transliteration

ʿaṣlāh tappîl tardēmāh and nepeš rəmiyyāh tirʿāb.

Grammar Details

*ʿaṣlāh*: noun, feminine singular - laziness/sloth
*tappîl*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - causes to fall/brings
*tardēmāh*: noun, feminine singular - deep sleep/lethargy
*nepeš*: noun, feminine singular - soul/life/person
*rəmiyyāh*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/slackness
*tirʿāb*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will be hungry/will hunger

Word Meanings

*ʿaṣlāh*: laziness/sloth/sluggishness
*tappîl*: causes to fall/brings/casts
*tardēmāh*: deep sleep/lethargy/trance
*nepeš*: soul/life/person
*rəmiyyāh*: deceit/slackness/lazy
*tirʿāb*: will be hungry/will hunger/will starve

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:13 : 13 Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, {G3754} If any will not work, neither let him eat.
Prov 24:33 : 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Rom 13:11-12 : 11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is {G2257} salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed. 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Prov 10:4-5 : 4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 13:4
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4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 21:25-26
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25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
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Prov 19:23-24
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23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.
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Prov 6:9-11
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81%
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
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Prov 19:16
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Prov 18:9
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Prov 26:13-16
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13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
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16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
Prov 15:19
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19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Eccl 10:18
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18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Prov 12:27
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27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
Prov 20:13
79%
13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 24:33-34
2 verses
78%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
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Prov 12:24
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24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Prov 10:3-5
3 verses
77%
3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Prov 20:4
77%
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Prov 22:13
76%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Prov 23:21
76%
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Eccl 5:12-13
2 verses
75%
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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Ps 127:2
75%
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Prov 28:19-20
2 verses
75%
19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
Prov 24:30
74%
30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Prov 10:26
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Prov 6:6
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Prov 19:14
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Prov 19:2
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Prov 11:29
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29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Prov 31:27
72%
27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
Prov 13:11
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11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
Prov 16:26
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26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto].
Prov 21:5
72%
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Luke 12:19
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19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Prov 12:11
71%
11He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
Prov 6:4
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4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Prov 13:23
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Prov 21:16
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16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Prov 22:5
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Prov 13:25
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Prov 10:16
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