Ecclesiastes 10:18

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; For his hands refuse to labour.

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

And we desire that each one of you may shew the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: