Proverbs 18:9
He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
Cross References
Job 30:29I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
Proverbs 24:33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:
Proverbs 28:24He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.
Luke 15:13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.
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 →