Proverbs 19:15

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

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

BSB

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 15

A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that which is to come.

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