Proverbs 6:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is a lazy one to those who sent him.

Proverbs 10:4

The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful is like a hedge of thorns. The way of the just is without offense.

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

The lazy conceals his hand under his arm, and he will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

Proverbs 21:25

Desires kill the lazy, for his hands are not willing to work at all.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy one says: "There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets."

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.

Proverbs 30:24

Four things are least upon the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:

Proverbs 30:25

the ants, an infirm people who provide food for themselves at the harvest,

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows his owner, and a donkey knows the manger of his lord, but Israel has not known me, and my people have not understood.

Jeremiah 8:7

The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

But his lord said to him in response: 'You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered.

Matthew 6:26

Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?

Romans 12:11

in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.