Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 18:9
9He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Proverbs 18:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
- New International Version (NIV)One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.
Context of Proverbs 18:9
7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 8The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer. 10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own imagination.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:9 word by word
גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא לְבַ֣עַל מַשְׁחִֽית׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:9
- Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 23:20Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
- Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Matthew 25:26But 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 did not scatter;
- Romans 12:11in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- Hebrews 6:12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- Proverbs 28:24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
- Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
- Luke 15:13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
- Luke 16:1And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He also that is slothful - A slothful man neglects his work, and the materials go to ruin: the master, he destroys the materials. They are both destroyers.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9Verse 9 Omissions of duty, and in duty, are fatal to the soul, as well as commissions of sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. One by failing to get, the other by wasting wealth, grows poor. waster--literally, "master of washing," a prodigal.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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