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A vivid description of laziness appears in Proverbs 19:15: Laziness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle man will suffer hunger (v. 15). The sluggard is portrayed as someone dulled and overtaken by his own neglect.
Laziness casts into a deep sleep because sloth does more than delay tasks; it numbs the will. It creates passivity, dullness, and escape from responsibility. The issue is not needed rest, but refusal of stewardship.
The outcome is that an idle man will suffer hunger. Hunger here is both practical and moral. Neglect leads to lack. Desire without labor produces emptiness. Proverbs repeatedly insists that faithful work is part of wise living in God’s world.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 19:15 Meaning
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