Proverbs 18:9

World English Bible

⁹One who is slack in his work
is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Proverbs 18:9

Common English Bible

⁹Those who are lazy in their work
are brothers to thugs.

⁹One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.^(A)

¹⁵Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¹⁵Laziness brings on deep sleep;
a slacker goes hungry.

¹⁵Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.^(A)

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