Proverbs 18:9
גַּם מִתְרַפֶּה בִמְלַאכְתּוֹ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִֽית ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
In Context
8דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִים וְהֵם יָרְדוּ חַדְרֵי ־ בָֽטֶן ׃
10מִגְדַּל ־ עֹז שֵׁם יְהוָה בּֽוֹ ־ יָרוּץ צַדִּיק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב ׃
Cross References
Job 30:29אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה ׃
Proverbs 19:15עַצְלָה תַּפִּיל תַּרְדֵּמָה וְנֶפֶשׁ רְמִיָּה תִרְעָֽב ׃
Proverbs 23:21כִּי ־ סֹבֵא וְזוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵשׁ וּקְרָעִים תַּלְבִּישׁ נוּמָֽה ׃
Proverbs 24:33מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט ׀ חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּֽב ׃
Proverbs 28:24גּוֹזֵל ׀ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְאֹמֵר אֵֽין ־ פָּשַׁע חָבֵר הוּא לְאִישׁ מַשְׁחִֽית ׃
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 →