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- Chapter 19
- Verse 15
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep,.... Slothful persons are generally sleepy, and are very desirous of sleep, and indulge themselves in it; they spend their time, day and night, in sleep and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Casteth into a deep sleep - Better, causeth deep sleep to fall.
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
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…
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