Proverbs 18:9

English Standard Version 2016

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

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A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is a companion to a man who destroys.

I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.