Proverbs 19:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Love not sleep, lest 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 shall 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, that if any would not work, neither should he 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 ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 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. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Prov 10:4-5 : 4 He becometh poor that dealeth 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 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, 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 slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

    26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  • Prov 19:23-24
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    23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

    24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 6:9-11
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    81%

    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 19:16
    80%

    16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

    14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

    15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

    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 slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

    24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  • Prov 10:3-5
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    3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

    4He becometh poor that dealeth 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 cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13The slothful man 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 shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Eccl 5:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

  • Ps 127:2
    75%

    2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    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 innocent.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 10:26
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    26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 6:6
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    6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  • Prov 19:14
    73%

    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 19:2
    73%

    2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool 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
    72%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.