Ecclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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- Prov 14:1 : 1 ¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- Prov 20:4 : 4 ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
- Prov 21:25 : 25 ¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
- Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
- Prov 24:30-34 : 30 ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, 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] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
- Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
- 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
- Prov 12:24 : 24 ¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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30 ¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
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19 ¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
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13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 ¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
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24 ¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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1 ¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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4 ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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11 ¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
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26 ¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
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4 ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
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10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
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23 ¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
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19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
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19 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
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15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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12 Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];
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27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.