Proverbs 18:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

⁹ One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He also that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Common English Bible

⁹ Those who are lazy in their work are brothers to thugs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Proverbs 18:9 Cross References

Job 30:29

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

Proverbs 10:4

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, *It's not wrong.* He is a partner with a destroyer.

Matthew 25:26

*But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.