Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

New English Translation

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

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I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person’s innermost being.

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

The one who robs his father and mother and says, “There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.

But his master answered, ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

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