Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Proverbs 20:4The slothful 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 come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Hebrews 6:11And we desire that each one of you may shew the same diligence unto the fulness 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 →