Proverbs 6:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!–[Job 12:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Common English Bible

⁶ Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:

Proverbs 6:6 Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Proverbs 10:26

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

Proverbs 10:4

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Proverbs 30:24

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

Proverbs 30:25

the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

Proverbs 6:9

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Jeremiah 8:7

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed:

Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Romans 12:11

not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.