Proverbs 18:9

He that is nesh, and dissolute, either unsteadfast, in his work, is the brother of a man destroying his works.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 double-tongued man be as simple; and they come unto the inner things of the womb. Dread casteth down a slow man; forsooth the souls of men turned into women’s condition shall have hunger. (A gossip’s words be tasty; and they go down into the innermost parts. Fear casteth down the lazy; and those who be timid shall have hunger.)

10A full strong tower is the name of the Lord; a just man runneth to him, and [he] shall be enhanced. (The Lord’s name is a full strong tower; the righteous run to it, and they shall be safe.)

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Cross References

Job 30:29I was the brother of dragons, and the fellow of ostriches.

Proverbs 19:15Sloth bringeth in sleep; and a negligent soul shall have hunger.

Proverbs 23:21For men giving attention to drinks, and giving morsels together, shall be wasted, and napping shall be clothed with clothes rent. (For those giving attention to drinks, and giving morsels to each other, shall be wasted, or destroyed, and their napping shall eventually clothe them with torn clothes.)

Proverbs 24:33How long sleepest thou, slow man? when shalt thou rise from sleep? Soothly thou shalt sleep a little, thou shalt nap a little, thou shalt join together the hands a little, to take rest; (How long sleepest thou, O lazy man? when shalt thou rise from sleep? Truly thou shalt sleep a little, thou shalt nap a little, and then thou shalt join together thy hands a little, and take rest again;)

Proverbs 28:24He that withdraweth anything from his father and from his mother, and saith that this is no sin, is partner of a man-queller (or is the partner of, or no better than, a murderer).

Luke 15:13And not after many days, when all things were gathered together, the younger son went forth in pilgrimage into a far country; and there he wasted his goods [or his substance] in living lecherously.

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 →

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