Proverbs 19:15

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Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
  • Prov 24:33 : 33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers. 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
  • Prov 10:4-5 : 4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy. 5 The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
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    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 19:23-24
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    23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

    24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

  • Prov 6:9-11
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    9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

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

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 18:9
    80%

    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

    14Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

    15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

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

    34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

    24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 10:3-5
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    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

    5The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.

  • Prov 20:4
    77%

    4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

  • Prov 23:21
    76%

    21because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

  • Eccl 5:12-13
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    75%

    12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 6:6
    73%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

  • Prov 19:14
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    14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

    27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

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

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

    19And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 13:25
    71%

    25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.