Proverbs 6:6

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Proverbs 6:9

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

Hebrews 6:12

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Matthew 25:26

But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,

Romans 12:11

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 10:26

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

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Matthew 6:26

Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 30:24

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

Jeremiah 8:7

Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD.

Proverbs 10:4

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.