Proverbs 18:9

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Hebrews 6:12

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

Romans 12:11

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

Matthew 25:26

But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Job 30:29

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

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.