Verse 18
"By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh."
In all probability this is only another ordinary proverb against sloth or laziness; however, Barton suggested that, taken in connection with the two preceding verses, "It might be intended as a hint that when the princes of a state give themselves to revelry, the structure of government would fall into ruin."[21]
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