Proverbs 6:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

Proverbs 10:26

Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

Proverbs 10:4

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Proverbs 13:4

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Proverbs 15:19

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

Proverbs 19:15

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Proverbs 19:24

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

Proverbs 22:13

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

Proverbs 23:19

Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

Proverbs 30:24

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

Jeremiah 8:7

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

Matthew 6:26

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

Romans 12:11

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

Hebrews 6:12

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.