Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
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Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Proverbs 21:25
The craving of the sluggard will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 24:30, 31
I went past the field of a sluggard and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. . . .

Hebrews 6:11
We want each of you to show the same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully assured.

2 Peter 1:5-10
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

King James Bible
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

International Standard Version
Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.

NET Bible
Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
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