Proverbs 6:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!–[Job 12:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Common English Bible

Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:

Proverbs 6:6 Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at 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 shall be slain in the streets!”

Proverbs 23:19

Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.

Proverbs 30:24

Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:25

the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.”

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Romans 12:11

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.