Verse 15

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

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.