Proverbs 19:15
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.
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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.