Proverbs 19:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall 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 will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? 10 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, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
  • Prov 24:33 : 33 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 mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • Prov 10:4-5 : 4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. 5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 A slothful man hides 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
    83%

    4The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    82%

    25The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 19:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

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

    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:16
    80%

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 18:9
    80%

    9He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    80%

    13The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

    14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed.

    15The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.

  • Prov 15:19
    80%

    19The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Eccl 10:18
    80%

    18By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

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

    34So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

    24The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 10:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

    5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

  • Prov 20:4
    77%

    4The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; 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 laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

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

  • Ps 127:2
    75%

    2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives His beloved sleep.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 24:30
    74%

    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

  • Prov 10:26
    73%

    26As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the 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%

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

  • Prov 19:2
    73%

    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

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

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 13:25
    71%

    25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.