Verse 15

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.