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

A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.

How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Delight not thou in sleep, lest thou come to poverty; but open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread enough.

for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little;

For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.

This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."

And

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

Delight not thou in sleep, lest thou come to poverty; but open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread enough.

for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.

For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.

General references

Then the LORD God cast a slumber on Adam, and he slept. And then he took out one of his ribs, and in stead thereof he filled up the place with flesh.

A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.

The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."