Proverbs 18:9
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
KJV
Qui mollis et dissolutus est in opere suo frater est sua opera dissipantis.
Vulgate
ὁ μὴ ἰώμενος αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ ἀδελφός ἐστιν τοῦ λυμαινομένου ἑαυτόν.
LXX
He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
ASV
גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִ/מְלַאכְתּ֑/וֹ אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא לְ/בַ֣עַל מַשְׁחִֽית
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ו
v
noun · 83×
ךָ֖
k
verb · 46×
מְלֶ֥אכֶת
ml'kt
noun · 165×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
- Luke 16:1 — And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
- Matt 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:
- Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Prov 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Prov 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
- Prov 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Prov 28:24 — Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
- Prov 28:24 — Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
- Rom 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- Rom 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;