Proverbs 18:9

New International Reader's Version

Anyone who doesn’t want to work is like someone who destroys.

Cross References

Job 30:29

I’ve become a brother to wild dogs. Owls are my companions.

Proverbs 10:4

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food. They go deep down inside you.

Proverbs 19:15

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Proverbs 28:24

Anyone who steals from their parents and says, “It’s not wrong,” is just like someone who destroys.

Matthew 25:26

“His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?

Romans 12:11

Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.