Verse 18

Thorow slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorow ydle hades it rayneth in at the house.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:1 : 1 A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.
• Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.
• Prov 21:25 : 25 The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.
• Prov 23:21 : 21 for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma. 31 And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe. 32 This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge. 33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: 34 so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
• Heb 6:11 : 11 Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende,
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Geue ye all youre diligence therfore here vnto, and in youre faith mynister vertue: in vertue, knowlege: 6 in knowlege, temperancy: in temperancy, pacience: in pacience, godlynes: 7 in godlynes, brotherly loue: in brotherly loue, generall loue. 8 For yf these thinges be plenteous in you, they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in ye knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these thinges, is blynde, & gropeth for the waye with the hade, and hath forgotten, that he was clensed from his olde synnes. 10 Wherfore (brethre) geue the more diligence, to make youre callynge and eleccion sure: for yf ye do soch thinges, ye shal not fall,
• Prov 12:24 : 24 A diliget hande shal beare rule, but the ydle shal be vnder tribute.