Proverbs 19:15

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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 is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

16 He who keeps the mitzvah keeps his soul, But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; He will reward him.