Verse 15

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

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!