Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 19:24 vividly pictures a sluggard who won't bring food to his mouth — illustrating the same laziness that brings hunger in 19:15.
In Proverbs 6:10, the same 'little sleep' phrase warns against laziness, echoing the deep sleep caused by idleness here.
Proverbs 10:4 states lazy hands bring poverty, the same consequence as the hunger from idleness here.
Proverbs 10:5 condemns sleeping during harvest as disgraceful, directly illustrating the idle person's hunger.
Proverbs 20:13 directly warns loving sleep leads to poverty, mirroring the hunger from idleness in this verse.
Proverbs 23:21 links drowsiness to rags and poverty, reinforcing the consequence of laziness—hunger.
Proverbs 24:33 repeats the 'little sleep' warning from the sluggard's field, underscoring the same laziness theme.
Proverbs 6:6 warns the sluggard by pointing to the ant's diligence — same wisdom theme contrasting laziness with hard work.
Proverbs 12:24 states laziness leads to forced labor — another proverb reinforcing that sloth brings negative consequences.
Proverbs 20:4 describes the sluggard who fails to plow and therefore lacks harvest — directly parallels laziness causing hunger.
Proverbs 26:13 mocks the sluggard's excuse of a lion in the road — both depict laziness and its foolishness.
Isaiah 56:10 uses sleep imagery for lazy watchmen who love to slumber, applying the same critique to spiritual leaders.
Romans 13:11 calls believers to wake from slumber, using sleep as a metaphor for spiritual lethargy—the same condition Proverbs warns about.
Ephesians 5:14 quotes 'Wake up, sleeper' as a call to spiritual life, directly echoing the sleep of laziness.
In 2 Thessalonians 3:10, Paul echoes this same principle: those unwilling to work should not eat — a direct parallel to laziness causing hunger.
In 2 Peter 1:8, adding virtues prevents ineffectiveness — the opposite of sloth's consequence here, contrasting diligence with idleness.