Proverbs 18:9
He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
In Context
10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
Cross References
Job 30:29I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
Proverbs 19:15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Proverbs 23:21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Proverbs 28:24He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
Luke 15:13And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:9
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Tale-bearers are those who secretly carry stories from house to house, which perhaps have some truth in them, but are secrets not fit to be told, or are basely misrepresented, and false colours put upon them, and are all told with design to blast men's reputation, to break their friendship, to make mischief between relations and neighbours, and set them at variance. Now the words of such are here said to be, 1. Like… Read the whole commentary →