Proverbs 18:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 6 A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

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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

Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?

Proverbs 10:4

1 The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.

Proverbs 18:8

5 A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.

Proverbs 19:15

2 A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.

Proverbs 28:24

A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that maintaineth bar lots, shall squander away his substance.

Matthew 25:26

4 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Romans 12:11

9 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord

Hebrews 6:12

For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: