Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
The ant
Thou
General references
Bible References
The ant
Proverbs 1:17
For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.
Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee:
Isaiah 1:3
. The ox knew his possessor, and the ass his lord's stall: Israel knew not; my people understood not
Matthew 6:26
Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them
Thou
Proverbs 6:9
How long, O slothful one, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou rise from thy sleep?
Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slothful one to those sending him.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slothful as the cutting of the thorn: and the path of the upright was raised up.
Proverbs 18:9
Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.
Proverbs 19:15
Sloth will cast a deep sleep; and the soul of sloth shall hunger.
Proverbs 20:4
The slothful one reproaching will not work: he shall ask in harvest, and nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful one said, A lion without; I shall be slain in the midst of the broad places.
Proverbs 24:30
I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart;
Proverbs 26:13
The slothful one said, A lion in the way; a lion between the broad places.
Matthew 25:26
And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not:
Romans 12:11
In study not slothful; boiling in the spirit; serving the Lord;
Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them inheriting the promises by faith and longsnffering.
General references
Exodus 16:21
And they will gather it in the morning by morning, a man according to the mouth of his eating: and the sun was hot and it melted.
Ruth 2:23
And she will adhere to the maidens of Boaz, to gather even to the end of the harvest of barley and the harvest of wheat; and she will dwell with her mother-in-law.
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,