18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; …
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
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…
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