Proverbs 18:9

¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

He also that is slothful {H7503} in his work {H4399} is brother {H251} to him that is a great {H1167} waster {H7843}.

Whoever is lazy in doing his work is brother to the destroyer.

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 10:4 (10 votes)

    ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Hebrews 6:12 (8 votes)

    That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • Proverbs 23:20 (6 votes)

    Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

  • Proverbs 23:21 (6 votes)

    For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

  • Proverbs 24:30 (5 votes)

    ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Proverbs 24:34 (5 votes)

    So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Matthew 25:26 (4 votes)

    His lord answered and said unto him, [Thou] wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: