15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Other Translations of Proverbs 19:15

New International Version

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

English Standard Version

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

The Message

15 Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.

New King James Version

15 Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

New Living Translation

15 Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 19:15

Commentary on Proverbs 19:15

(Read Proverbs 19:15)

A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that which is to come.