Proverbs 18:9

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What does Proverbs 18:9 mean?

Proverbs 18:9 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 18:9

• Proverbs 10:4

  He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

• Hebrews 6:12

  That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

• Proverbs 24:30-34

  I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: …

• Romans 12:11

  Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

• Proverbs 23:20-21

  Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

• Matthew 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:

• Proverbs 28:24

  Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

• Luke 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. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

• Luke 16:1-2

  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. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

• Job 30:29

  I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

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Context

• Proverbs 18:8

  The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

• Proverbs 18:9

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

• Proverbs 18:10

  The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

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