Proverbs 18:9

The English Standar Version

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Cross References

Job 30:29

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

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 19:15

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

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is a companion to a man who destroys.

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed?

Romans 12:11

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,[7] serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

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