Proverbs 19:15

15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will 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 child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

14 A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.

16 He who guards commandments guards his life; he who is careless of his ways will be killed.

17 He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "soul," or "life"