Ecclesiastes 10:18
Thorow slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorow ydle hades it rayneth in at the house.
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- Prov 14:1 : 1 A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.
- Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.
- Prov 21:25 : 25 The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.
- Prov 23:21 : 21 for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.
- Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma. 31 And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe. 32 This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge. 33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: 34 so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
- Heb 6:11 : 11 Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende,
- 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Geue ye all youre diligence therfore here vnto, and in youre faith mynister vertue: in vertue, knowlege: 6 in knowlege, temperancy: in temperancy, pacience: in pacience, godlynes: 7 in godlynes, brotherly loue: in brotherly loue, generall loue. 8 For yf these thinges be plenteous in you, they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in ye knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these thinges, is blynde, & gropeth for the waye with the hade, and hath forgotten, that he was clensed from his olde synnes. 10 Wherfore (brethre) geue the more diligence, to make youre callynge and eleccion sure: for yf ye do soch thinges, ye shal not fall,
- Prov 12:24 : 24 A diliget hande shal beare rule, but the ydle shal be vnder tribute.
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15Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
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9Who so is slouthfull and slacke in his labor, is ye brother of him ye is a waister.
- Prov 10:4-52 verses77%
4An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.
5Who so gathereth in Sommer, is wyse: but he that is slogish in haruest, bringeth himself to confucion.
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24A diliget hande shal beare rule, but the ydle shal be vnder tribute.
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9How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe?
10Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe:
11so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
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33Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:
- Prov 24:30-312 verses75%
30I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma.
31And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe.
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25The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.
- Prov 26:13-153 verses74%
13The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes.
14Like as the dore turneth aboute vpon the tresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull welter himself in his bedd.
15The slouthfull body thrusteth his hode in to his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth.
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3Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.
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1Excepte the LORDE buylde the house, their labour is but lost that buylde it.
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19The waye of ye slouthfull is full of thornes, but ye strete of the rightuous is well clensed.
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27A disceatfull man shal fynde no vautage, but he that is content wt that he hath, is more worth the golde.
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13Wo worth him, that buyldeth his house with vnrightuousnes, ad his perlers with the good, that he hath gotten by violence: which neuer recompenseth his neghburs laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.
14He thinketh in himself: I wil buylde me a wyde house, ad gorgeous perlers: He causeth wyndowes to be hewen there in, and the sylinges and geastes maketh he off Cedre, and paynteth them with Zenober.
- Eccl 10:15-173 verses73%
15The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.
16Wo be vnto the (O thou realme and londe) whose kynge is but a childe, and whose prynces are early at their banckettes.
17But well is the (O thou realme and londe) whose kinge is come of nobles, and whose prynces eate in due season, for strength and not for lust.
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18His house shal endure as the moth, & as a bothe that the watch man maketh.
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24A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.
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1A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.
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4The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.
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11Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.
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21for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.
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26As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.
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4A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.
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10That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house.
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14like as the kynges ad lordes of ye earth, which buylde them selues speciall places:
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15The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.
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29Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.
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13The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.
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27First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.
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13Delyte not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouerte: but ope thine eyes, & thou shalt haue bred ynough.
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6In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre.
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19Meate maketh men to laugh, and wyne maketh them mery: but vnto money are all thinges obedient.
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23There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.
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23Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.
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19And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them.
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5Recompense them after ye workes of their hodes, paye them that they haue deserued.
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19He yt tylleth his londe, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he that foloweth ydilnesse, shal haue pouerte ynough.
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15He leeneth him vpo his house, but he shal not stonde: he holdeth him fast by it, yet shal he not endure.
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9Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes in to his house: that he maye set his nest an hye, to escape from the power of mysfortune.
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12that (whan thou hast eaten & art fylled, and hast buylded goodly houses, & dwellest therin,
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27She loketh wel to the wayes of hir housholde, & eateth not hir bred with ydilnes.