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

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Bible References

The ant

For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.

Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?

Thou

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.

He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

General references

And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work: