Proverbs 18:9 - Tree of Life Version

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He also that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.

American Standard Version (1901)

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Common English Bible

Those who are lazy in their work are brothers to thugs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Proverbs 18:9 Tagairtí Cros

Job 30:29

I have become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Proverbs 10:4

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are tasty morsels, going down into one’s innermost being.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not a crime,” is a partner to him who destroys.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master responded, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow and gather where I scattered no seed?

Romans 12:11

Do not be lagging in zeal; be fervent in spirit. Keep serving the Lord,

Hebrews 6:12

so you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those inheriting the promises through trust and perseverance.