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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:15 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 19:15 in other translations
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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In context
12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; he will reward him.
18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
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