Proverbs 19:15

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Summary

Proverbs 19:15

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

Casteth

And

General references

Genesis 2:21

Proverbs 19:24

Proverbs 26:13

Bible References

Casteth

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

And

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

General references

And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.