New Revised Standard Version
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

Contemporary English Version
Some people are too lazy to fix a leaky roof--then the house collapses.

New American Bible
Because of laziness, the rafters sag; when hands are slack, the house leaks.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 14:1 A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.

Proverbs 20:4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 21:25 Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.

Proverbs 23:21 Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

Proverbs 24:30,31 I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: . . .

Hebrews 6:11 And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:

2 Peter 1:5-10 And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue: And in virtue, knowledge: . . .