Ecclesiastes 10:18

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

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

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

Proverbs 23:21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Hebrews 6:11We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:17-20

Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. 20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse… Read the whole commentary →

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