THEOSISProverbs 19:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
- Prov 20:13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
- Prov 24:33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.
- Prov 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Prov 6:10Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:
- 2 Thess 3:10For also, when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
- Rom 13:11And 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.
- Rom 13:12The night is passed And the day is at hand. Let us, therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.