Verse 18

By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
• Prov 20:4 : 4 Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
• Prov 21:25 : 25 The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
• Prov 23:21 : 21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. 31 And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. 32 And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
• Heb 6:11 : 11 and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, 6 and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety, 7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love; 8 for these things being to you and abounding, do make `you' neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, 9 for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; 10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
• Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.