Proverbs 18:9
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Proverbs on speech, relationships, and resilience: a fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in expressing his opinion. The name of the Lord is a strong tower into which the righteous run and are safe. A man who has …
Other Translations
He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer.
He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Cross References
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a …
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed …
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and …
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in …