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, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags

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

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,