Proverbs 18:9

The Scriptures 1998

Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.

Cross References

Job 30:29

I became a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

Proverbs 10:4

Poor is he who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like delicacies, And they go down into the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” He is a companion to a destroyer.

Matthew 25:26

“And his master answering, 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 idle in duty, ardent in spirit, serving the Master;

Hebrews 6:12

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