Laziness causes one to fall into deep sleep, and the idle persona will go hungry.
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Heb. is nephesh, “soul,” here put for an individual person.
“idle.” The Hebrew word is remiyah (#07423 רְמִיָּה), and means slackness; sluggish, lax, negligent, and careless behavior. It occurs 4 times in Proverbs: Proverbs 10:4, 12:24, 27, and 19:15.
[See commentary on Proverbs 10:4 for more information.]