15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
15 Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.
15 Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.
15 Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
13 Don't be too fond of sleep; you'll end up in the poorhouse. Wake up and get up; then there'll be food on the table.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
13 If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!
(Read Proverbs 20:13)
Those that indulge themselves, may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 19:15
Commentary on Proverbs 19:15
(Read Proverbs 19:15)
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.