Ecclesiastes 10:18

American King James Version (1999)

By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through.

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Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end:

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.