Ecclesiastes 10:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Ecclesiastes 10:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; …
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Hebrews 6:11
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Topics

Diligence Idleness Industry Labor Laziness Rising Self-Indulgence Slothfulness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-20)

Solomon here observes, I. How much the happiness of a land depends upon the character of its rulers; it is well or ill with the people according as the princes are good or bad. 1. The people cannot be happy when their princes are childish and voluptuous (Eccl. 10:16): Woe unto thee, O land! even the land of Canaan itself, though otherwise the glory of all lands, when thy king is a child, not so mu…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. building--literally, “the joining of the rafters,” namely, the kingdom (Ec 10:16; Is 3:6; Am 9:11). hands--(Ec 4:5; Pr 6:10). droppeth--By neglecting to repair the roof in time, the rain gets through.