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Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 19:15
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
15*Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep sleepe: and an idle soule shall suffer hunger.
- Chap. 10.4. and 20.13.
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Proverbs 19:15
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Slothfulness
The indulgence of sloth; inactivity; the habit of idleness; laziness.
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The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
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To rest in natural sleep; by figure, to be inactive or dead and at rest.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Slothful; given to rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To bear, undergo, or endure pain, loss, or hardship; also to allow or permit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The bodily craving or need for food; as a verb, to feel that need or earnestly desire.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Open the full verse study13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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Open the full verse study10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
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Open the full verse study9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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Open the full verse study33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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Open the full verse study11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
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Open the full verse study4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
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Open the full verse study14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Open the full verse study10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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Open the full verse study24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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