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Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 10) Ecclesiastes 10:21 KJV
"By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 10, Verse 21
Ecclesiastes 10:21 in Context (Verses 18–20 KJV)
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¶ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.*
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¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.*