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 in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
Job 12:7
"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
Thou
Proverbs 6:9
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 18:9
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
Matthew 25:26
"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Hebrews 6:12
that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.
General references
Exodus 16:21
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
Ruth 2:23
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.