Proverbs 18:9

New Century Version

A person who doesn’t work hard is just like someone who destroys things.

Cross References

Job 30:29

I have become a brother to wild dogs and a friend to ostriches.

Proverbs 10:4

A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food. People like to gobble them up.

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs father or mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is just like someone who destroys things.

Matthew 25:26

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

Romans 12:11

Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy. Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised.