Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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- Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears 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, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: