¹⁸ By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

¹ Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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

²⁴ The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.

²⁵ The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

³⁴ So shall your poverty come as a robber, And your want as an armed man.

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

⁵ Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

⁶ and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;

⁷ and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

⁸ For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

¹⁰ Therefore, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.