Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Have you ever listened to someone drone on about a subject only to find yourself falling asleep? Part of this experience is caused by a lack of interest in the subject. I will not try and pretend that every subject has some point of interest for you. That isn’t realistic.

The use of the ; connects slothfulness to the idle soul. What does not help here in proverbs is context. Normally the surrounding scriptures place any particular verse in context with the theme of the chapter, or at least some continuity of thought. Not here. It is as if this passage is meant to stand on its own without any help from what goes before or after this verse.

What do you do with that? In some it will say, not much, can’t be that important. In others it will reach right into the pit of their stomach and create an aching. Why should one verse create such diverse results? Doesn’t it send us right back to the issue of interest? Will a man who is active dig deeper until he finds meaning? Will an active man create an appetite which needs to be fed?

Mind you the only clear human subject here is the soul.

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

The connection in Proverbs 19:15 is found in other scriptures, its meaning and context is found elsewhere. If you are not diligent to read and understand the scriptures, you might miss the meaning.