Proverbs 18:9 Cross References - Geneva

⁹ He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

²⁹ I am a brother to the dragons, and a companion to the ostriches.

⁴ A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

²⁰ Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons. ²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.

³⁰ I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding. ³¹ And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe. ³² Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. ³³ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe. ³⁴ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

²⁴ Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.

²⁶ And his master answered, and said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.

¹³ So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing. ¹⁴ Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

¹ And he sayde also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine riche man, which had a stewarde, and he was accused vnto him, that he wasted his goods. ² And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer steward.

¹¹ Not slouthfull to do seruice: seruent in spirit seruing the Lord,

¹² That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.