Proverbs 18:9

Pro 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Ver. 9. He also that is slothful in his work. ] As he must needs be that goes peddling about with tales, and buzzing evil reports into the ears of those that will hear them. See 1 Timothy 5:3 , with the note there. Lata negligentia dolus est, saith the civilian.

Is brother to him that is a great waster. ] Est frater Domini disperditionis, will as certainly come to poverty as the greatest waster of good. A man dies no less surely, though not so suddenly, of a consumption than of an apoplexy.