Proverbs 18:9

New King James Version

He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

Cross References

Job 30:29

I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.

Proverbs 10:4

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” The same is companion to a destroyer.

Matthew 25:26

“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.