Verse 18

When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:1 : 1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
• Prov 20:4 : 4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
• Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
• Prov 23:21 : 21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; 31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. 33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
• Heb 6:11 : 11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
• Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.