Proverbs 19:15

15 Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep
Slothful persons are generally sleepy, and are very desirous of sleep, and indulge themselves in it; they spend their time, day and night, in sleep and drowsiness; and are quite careless and unconcerned about either their temporal or eternal good; see ( Proverbs 6:9-11 ) ; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger;
and perish with it, both in a temporal and spiritual sense: an idle person, that will not work, ought not to eat; and an idle soul, or one that is unconcerned about his soul, and the spiritual food of it, shall perish for want of it.

Proverbs 19:15 In-Context

13 A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water.
14 Home and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a sensible wife comes from the LORD.
15 Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
16 Whoever obeys the law preserves his life, [but] whoever despises the LORD's ways will be put to death.
17 Whoever has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.
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