Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

That is slothful

Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 23:20
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Matthew 25:26
His lord answered and said unto him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not spread:
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Hebrews 6:12
That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Is brother

Proverbs 28:24
Whosoever robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Job 30:29
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Luke 15:13
And not many days later the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke 16:1
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.