Proverbs 18:9
Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
10A tower of strength, is the Name of Yahweh, thereinto, runneth the righteous, and is safe.
Cross References
Job 30:29A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:
Proverbs 19:15Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
Proverbs 23:21For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
Proverbs 28:24He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, companion, is he to one who wasteth.
Luke 15:13And, after not many days, the younger son, gathering all together, left home for a country far away, and, there, squandered his substance with riotous 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 →