Proverbs 6:6-11 - Against Sloth

⁶ Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise: ⁷ Which no leader to her, scribe and ruler; ⁸ She will prepare in summer her bread, gathering her food in harvest. ⁹ How long, O slothful one, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou rise from thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down: ¹¹ And thy poverty came as he going, and thy want as a man of the shield.