Proverbs 18:9
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- KJV
- He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
- WEB
- One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
- ASV
- He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
- DARBY
- He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
- BLB
- The one being slack in his work, he [is] also a brother to a lord of destruction.
- ÅB
- Den som er lat i sin gjerning, er også en bror til ødeleggeren.
- OTB
- Den som er slapp i sitt arbeid, er en søsken til den som ødelegger.
- B1930
- Den som er lat i sin gjerning, er også en bror til ødeleggeren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Read in contextHebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Read in contextProverbs 24:30–34
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Read in contextRomans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Read in contextProverbs 23:20–21
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Read in contextMatthew 25:26
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Read in contextProverbs 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Read in contextLuke 15:13–14
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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