Proverbs 6:6

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Summary

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

The ant

Thou

General references

Bible References

The ant

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

“An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

Thou

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the lazy one to those who send him.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.

He also who is slack in his work

Is brother to him who destroys.

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,

And an idle man will suffer hunger.

The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

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

General references

They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

So she stayed close by the maids of Boaz in order to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest”—

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;