Ecclesiastes 10:18
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By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through.

Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 24:30, 31 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding...

Hebrews 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end:

2 Peter 1:5-10 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

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

International Standard Version (©2012)
Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

American King James Version
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through.

American Standard Version
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

Darby Bible Translation
By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.

English Revised Version
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

Webster's Bible Translation
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

World English Bible
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

Young's Literal Translation
By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.


Proverbs 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks. —HCSB

Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. —NASB

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


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Ecclesiastes Chapter 10 Verse 18

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