Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

Job 12:7-8

"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

Proverbs 1:17

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 21:25

What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"

Proverbs 30:25

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

Isaiah 1:3

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?

Romans 12:11

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

The ant

Proverbs 1:17
Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
Job 12:7
"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.
Isaiah 1:3
An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand."
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?

Thou

Proverbs 6:9
How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 13:4
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
Proverbs 18:9
The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"
Matthew 25:26
But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?
Romans 12:11
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
Hebrews 6:12
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

General references

Exodus 16:21
So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.
Ruth 2:23
So Ruth worked beside Boaz's female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest. After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law.
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
Proverbs 21:25
What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

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