Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 very strong tower. The just one rushes to it, and he shall be exalted.
Cross References
Job 30:29I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.
Proverbs 19:15Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.
Proverbs 23:21For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.
Proverbs 24:33You will sleep a little,” I said. “You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.
Proverbs 28:24Whoever takes away anything from his father or mother, and who says, “This is not a sin,” is the associate of a murderer.
Luke 15:13And after not many days, the younger son, gathering it all together, set out on a long journey to a distant region. And there, he dissipated his substance, living in luxury.
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 →