Ecclesiastes 10:18

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Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

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The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,