Verse 9

He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:24 : 24 Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons. 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
  • Matt 25:26 : 26 And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.
  • Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding. 31 And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe. 32 Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. 33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe. 34 So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.
  • Luke 15:13-14 : 13 So 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. 14 Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 And he sayde also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine riche man, which had a stewarde, and he was accused vnto him, that he wasted his goods. 2 And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer steward.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Not slouthfull to do seruice: seruent in spirit seruing the Lord,
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to the dragons, & a companion to the ostriches.