Proverbs 18:9
Also, one who is slack in his work 1 is a brother to the one who destroys the most. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 name of Yahweh is a strong tower; 1 the righteous person runs into it and is safe. 1
Cross References
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, 1 a companion of ostriches. 1
Proverbs 19:15Laziness throws a person into a deep sleep, 1 but the one not willing to work will go hungry. 1
Proverbs 23:21for the drunkard and the glutton become poor 1 and slumber will clothe them with rags. 1
Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, 1 a little folding of the hands to rest— 1
Proverbs 28:24Whoever robs his father and his mother and says, “That is no sin,” 1 he is the companion of the one who destroys. 1
Luke 15:13Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he owned and went to a country far away, and there he wasted all his wealth by living recklessly.
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 →