Proverbs 18:9
He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
10The Name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.
Cross References
Job 30:29I am a brother to the dragons, and a companion to the ostriches.
Proverbs 19:15Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
Proverbs 24:33Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
Proverbs 28:24Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.
Luke 15:13So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.
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 →