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 shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.

The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;

But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,