Proverbs 19:15
Good News Translation
Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.

New Revised Standard Version
Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Contemporary English Version
If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.

New American Bible
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

casteth

Proverbs 19:24 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Proverbs 6:9,10 Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep: . . .

Proverbs 20:13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 23:21 Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

Proverbs 24:33 Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.

Romans 13:11,12 And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. . . .

Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

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Proverbs 10:4,5 He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion. . . .

Proverbs 20:13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 23:21 Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For also, when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

Context
The Man of Integrity
14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord. 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.16He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9
Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

Proverbs 6:10
And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 24:33
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Proverbs 31:27
She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Proverbs 19:14
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