Ecclesiastes 10:18
"By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."
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- Proverbs 14:1
"Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:4
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:30
"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 23:21
"For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 6:11
"And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:25
"The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:24
"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute."
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 1:5
"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"
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