Proverbs 18:9

The Passion Translation

The one who is too lazy to look for work is the same one who wastes his life away.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

Slackers will know what it means to be poor, while the hard worker becomes wealthy.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip merely reveal the wounds of his own soul, and his slander penetrates into the innermost being.

Proverbs 19:15

Go ahead—be lazy and passive. But you’ll go hungry if you live that way.

Proverbs 28:24

A person who would reject his own parents and say, “What’s wrong with that?” is as bad as a murderer.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master said to him, ‘You’re an untrustworthy and lazy servant! If you knew I was a shrewd and ruthless business man who always makes a profit, why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank?

Romans 12:11

Be enthusiastic to serve the Lord, keeping your passion toward him boiling hot! Radiate with the glow of the Holy Spirit and let him fill you with excitement as you serve him.

Hebrews 6:12

So don’t allow your hearts to grow dull or lose your enthusiasm, but follow the example of those who fully received what God has promised because of their strong faith and patient endurance.