Proverbs 18:9

Modern English Version

He who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

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He who has an idle hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

do not be lazy in diligence, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord,

“His master answered, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not winnowed.

He who robs his father or his mother and says, “It is no transgression,” is a companion to a destroyer.

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

The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.

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