Proverbs 18:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Job 30:29

I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.

Proverbs 10:4

The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever takes away anything from his father or mother, and who says, "This is not a sin," is the associate of a murderer.

Matthew 25:26

But his lord said to him in response: 'You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered.

Romans 12:11

in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.