Proverbs 19:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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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    4¶ The 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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    25¶ The 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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    23¶ The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

    24¶ A 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?

    10[Yet] 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%

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

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

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

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

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

    16¶ The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19¶ The 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%

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

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13¶ Love not sleep, lest 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:

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

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:3-5
    3 verses
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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.

    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 20:4
    77%

    4¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13¶ The 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.

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    2[It 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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    19¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

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

  • Prov 10:26
    73%

    26¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 6:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:14
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29¶ He 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%

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

  • Prov 16:26
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    26¶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5¶ The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

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

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    71%

    11¶ He 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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    23¶ Much 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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    16¶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5¶ Thorns [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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    25¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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