15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.


In Context

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

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

16 He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die.

17 He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 19:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.