Proverbs 18:9

Easy To Read Version

A person that does sloppy work is almost as bad as a person that destroys things.

Cross References

Job 30:29

I am all alone like the wild dogs\par and ostriches \{in the desert\}.\par

Proverbs 10:4

A lazy person will be poor. But a person that works hard will be rich.

Proverbs 18:8

People always want to hear gossip—it is like good food going down into the stomach.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings sleepiness. Trying to hide \{a problem\} brings more problems. {\cf2\super [27]}

Proverbs 28:24

A person might steal from his father and mother. That person might say, “I did nothing wrong.” But that person is as bad as a man who comes in and smashes everything in the house.

Matthew 25:26

“The master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest things I did not plant, and that I gather crops where I did not put any seed.

Romans 12:11

Don’t be lazy when you need to be working for the Lord. Be spiritually excited about serving him.

Hebrews 6:12

You have had enough time that by now you should be teachers. But you need some person to teach you again the first lessons of God’s teaching. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food.