Proverbs 18:9 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Those who are lazy in their work are brothers to thugs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

English Standard Version 2016

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 18:9 Cross References

Job 30:29

I am a brother to dragons, And a companion to owls.

Proverbs 10:4

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; The same is the companion of a destroyer.

Matthew 25:26

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:

Romans 12:11

not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

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