Proverbs 18:9 - Revised Standard Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Proverbs 18:9 Cross References

Job 30:29

I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is the companion of a man who destroys.

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

Romans 12:11

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.