Verse 18

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
• Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
• Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
• Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
• Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
• Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.