Proverbs 6:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

They are like a bird that sees the bait, but ignores the trap.

Proverbs 10:26

Having a lazy person on the job is like a mouth full of vinegar or smoke in your eyes.

Proverbs 10:4

Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.

Proverbs 15:19

Being lazy is like walking in a thorn patch, but everyone who does right walks on a smooth road.

Proverbs 18:9

Being lazy is no different from being a troublemaker.

Proverbs 19:15

If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.

Proverbs 19:24

Some people are too lazy to lift a hand to feed themselves.

Proverbs 20:4

If you are too lazy to plough, don't expect a harvest.

Proverbs 21:25

If you want too much and are too lazy to work, it could be fatal.

Proverbs 22:13

Don't be so lazy that you say, “If I go to work, a lion will eat me!”

Proverbs 23:19

Listen to me, my children! Be wise and have enough sense to follow the right path.

Proverbs 30:24

On this earth four things are small but very wise:

Proverbs 30:25

ants, who seem to be feeble, but store up food all summer long;

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there doing nothing at all? When are you going to get up and stop sleeping?

Isaiah 1:3

Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won't ever learn.”

Jeremiah 8:7

Storks, doves, swallows, and thrushes all know when it's time to fly away for the winter and when to come back. But you, my people, don't know what I demand.

Matthew 25:26

The master of the servant told him, “You are lazy and good-for-nothing! You know that I harvest what I don't plant and gather crops where I haven't scattered seed.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds?

Romans 12:11

Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

Then you would never be lazy. You would be following the example of those who had faith and were patient until God kept his promise to them.