Ecclesiastes 10:18

New International Version

Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.

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Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.