15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15)See here the evil of a sluggish slothful disposition. 1. It stupefies men, and makes them senseless, and mindless of their own affairs, as they were cast into a deep sleep , dreaming much, but doing nothing. Slothful people doze away their time, bury their talents, live a useless life, and are the unprofitable burdens of the earth; for any service they do when they are awake they might as well be…
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