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


In Context

12 The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon 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 wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

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

16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless of his ways shall die.

17 He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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