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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 19) Proverbs 19:15 KJV
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger."
Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 15
Proverbs 19:15 in Context (Verses 12–18 KJV)
12
The king’s wrath 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 riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.*
18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.*