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

Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;

An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib, - Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.

Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?

Thou

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

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

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.

By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.

The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.

Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.

And his lord, answering, said unto him - O wicked servant, and cowardly, knewest thou that I reap, where I have not sown, and gather, whence I have not winnowed?

In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.

General references

Thus then they gathered it morning by morning, each man what he needed for eating, and as soon as the sun waxed hot, so soon it melted.

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

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

The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.