Ecclesiastes 10:18

King James 2000

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

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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.

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.

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

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

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