Proverbs 18:9

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Summary

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

That is slothful

Is brother

Bible References

That is slothful

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Is brother

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.