<< Proverbs 19:15 >>

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

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

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Verse 15

See here the evil of a sluggish slothful disposition. 1. It stupefies men, and makes them senseless, and mindless of their own affairs, as they were cast into a deep sleep, dreaming much, but doing nothing. Slothful people doze away their time, bury their talents, live a useless life, and are the unprofitable burdens of the earth; for any service they do when they are awake they might as well be always asleep. Even their souls are idle and lulled asleep, their rational powers chilled and frozen. 2. It impoverishes men and brings them to want. Those that will not labour cannot expect to eat, but must suffer hunger: An idle soul, one that is idle in the affairs of his soul, that takes no care or pains to work out his salvation, shall perish for want of that which is necessary to the life and happiness of the soul.

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