Proverbs 18:9

World English Bible (2000)

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:24 : 24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong." He is a partner with a destroyer.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: 21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: 33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.
  • Luke 15:13-14 : 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 15:18-19
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    18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

    19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 10:4-5
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    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

    5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

    26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

    14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

    15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 12:27
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    27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 12:24
    73%

    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

    30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    72%

    9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

    10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Prov 20:4
    72%

    4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 18:8
    71%

    8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • 2 Thess 3:10-11
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    71%

    10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

    11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

  • Prov 28:24
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    24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, "It's not wrong." He is a partner with a destroyer.

  • Eccl 10:9
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    9 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

  • Prov 23:21
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    21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

  • Prov 6:6
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    6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

  • Prov 28:19
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    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

  • Prov 21:5
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    5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 11:18
    69%

    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Prov 18:10
    69%

    10 The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

  • Job 12:5
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    5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

  • Jer 22:13
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    13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.