Ecclesiastes 10:18

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

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.

The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,