Ecclesiastes 10:18

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

The diligent will take control, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Every wise woman builds up her household, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,