Bible verse
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
Ecclesiastes 10:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 10.
14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
16 Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
18 Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
19 A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
20 Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
KJV
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
ASV
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
ERV
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
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