18 Because of laziness the [a]building decays,
And (A)through idleness of hands the house leaks.

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Notas al pie

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:18 Lit. rafters sink

The Ways of Life and Death

14 The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.

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30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
31 And there it was, (A)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
33 (B)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
34 (C)So shall your poverty come like [a]a prowler,
And your need like [b]an armed man.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. one who walks about
  2. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. a man with a shield

(A)The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
(B)He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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Fruitful Growth in the Faith

But also for this very reason, (A)giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue (B)knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control [a]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and (C)to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [b]barren (D)nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is (E)shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent (F)to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

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Notas al pie

  1. 2 Peter 1:6 patience
  2. 2 Peter 1:8 useless

11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence (A)to the full assurance of hope until the end,

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21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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25 The (A)desire of the lazy man kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor.

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24 (A)The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.

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