Slothful in His Work
Proverbs 18:9
He who is slothful in his work is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.
Laziness can have the same result as someone who purposefully destroys what he has, though the results of slothfulness may take a little longer. As Matthew Henry put it, “One scatters what he has, the other lets it run through his fingers.”
For more on the importance of hard work, see the commentary on Proverbs 14:4, “The Strength of an Ox” and the article “Hard Work.”
