Proverbs 19:15

World English Bible (2000)

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Don't 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 become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long will you sleep, 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 let him 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 without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Prov 10:4-5 : 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth. 5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    83%

    4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    82%

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

    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 19:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

    24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

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

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

    11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 19:16
    80%

    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 18:9
    80%

    9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    80%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

    14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

    15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

  • Prov 15:19
    80%

    19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Eccl 10:18
    80%

    18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

    33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

    34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 10:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

  • Prov 20:4
    77%

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

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 23:21
    76%

    21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Eccl 5:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 The 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.

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

  • Ps 127:2
    75%

    2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 24:30
    74%

    30 I went by the field of the sluggard, 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 those who send him.

  • Prov 6:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:14
    73%

    14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 19:2
    73%

    2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

    27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

    19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

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

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 13:25
    71%

    25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.