Proverbs 19:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:13 : 13 Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
  • Prov 6:9-9 : 9 Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,
  • Prov 24:33 : 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 Blind `are' his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them `are' dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe; 12 the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • Prov 10:4-5 : 4 Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5 Whoso is gathering in summer `is' a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest `is' a son causing shame.
  • Prov 19:24 : 24 The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:4
    83%

    4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

  • Prov 21:25-26
    2 verses
    82%

    25The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

    26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Prov 19:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23The fear of Jehovah `is' to life, And satisfied he remaineth -- he is not charged with evil.

    24The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 19:16
    80%

    16Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

  • Prov 18:9
    80%

    9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    80%

    13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' in the way, A lion `is' in the broad places.'

    14The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

    15The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

    16Wiser `is' the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven `men' returning a reason.

  • Prov 15:19
    80%

    19The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

  • Eccl 10:18
    80%

    18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

  • Prov 12:27
    79%

    27The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

  • Prov 20:13
    79%

    13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    78%

    33A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

    34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

  • Prov 12:24
    77%

    24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

  • Prov 10:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

    4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

    5Whoso is gathering in summer `is' a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest `is' a son causing shame.

  • Prov 20:4
    77%

    4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

  • Prov 23:21
    76%

    21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

  • Eccl 5:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Sweet `is' the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

  • Ps 127:2
    75%

    2Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.

    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

  • Prov 24:30
    74%

    30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

  • Prov 10:26
    73%

    26As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So `is' the slothful to those sending him.

  • Prov 6:6
    73%

    6Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

  • Prov 19:14
    73%

    14House and wealth `are' the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah `is' an understanding wife.

  • Prov 19:2
    73%

    2Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

    27She `is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused `him' to bend over it.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

  • Luke 12:19
    72%

    19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Prov 12:11
    71%

    11Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Prov 21:16
    71%

    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Prov 13:25
    71%

    25The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

  • Prov 10:16
    70%

    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.