Proverbs 18:9
He also that is slack in his work 1 is brother to him that is ba'al mashchit (master of destruction). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
10The Shem of Hashem is a strong migdal (tower), 1 the tzaddik runneth into it, and is safe. 1
Cross References
Job 30:29I am an ach to jackals, 1 and a re'a to owls. 1
Proverbs 19:15Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), 1 and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger. 1
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the zolel (glutton) shall come to poverty, 1 and drowsiness shall clothe with rags. 1
Proverbs 24:33Yet a little shenot (slumber), a little sleep, 1 a little folding of the yadayim to rest; 1
Proverbs 28:24He who robbeth aviv or immo, 1 and saith, It is no peysha (transgression), 1 the same is the chaver (fellow, companion) of an ish mashchit (man of destruction). 1
Luke 15:13And not many yamim later, having gathered together everything, the younger ben went on a journey to a far away country, and there he squandered his osher (riches) with gilui arayot (sexual immorality) and loose living. + 15:13 Isa 59:2
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 →