Proverbs 18:9
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
In Context
8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Cross References
Job 30:29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Proverbs 28:24He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild 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 →