Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
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- Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 24:30–32 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: