Proverbs 19:15

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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat.
  • Prov 24:33 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Prov 10:4-5 : 4 Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. 5 The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    83%

    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    82%

    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

    26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • Prov 19:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23The fear of the LORD leads to life; one is content and rests untroubled by harm.

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:16
    80%

    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • Prov 18:9
    80%

    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'

    14As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed.

    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

    16The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

  • Prov 15:19
    80%

    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Eccl 10:18
    80%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

    24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  • Prov 10:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He thrusts aside the craving of the wicked.

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

    5The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

  • Prov 20:4
    77%

    4The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

  • Prov 23:21
    76%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Eccl 5:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

  • Ps 127:2
    75%

    2It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 24:30
    74%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Prov 10:26
    73%

    26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 6:6
    73%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

  • Prov 19:14
    73%

    14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 19:2
    73%

    2Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good, and one who hurries makes wrong choices.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

    27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

    19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”'

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16A person who wanders from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.

  • Prov 13:25
    71%

    25The righteous eat to their heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

    16The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.