Proverbs 6:6

Easy To Read Version

Lazy person, you should become like the ant. See what the ant does. Learn from the ant.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

People spread out nets to catch birds. But it is useless to set the trap while the birds are watching.

Proverbs 10:26

Never let a lazy man do something for you. He will irritate you—like vinegar in your mouth or smoke in your eyes.

Proverbs 10:4

A lazy person will be poor. But a person that works hard will be rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy person wants things, but he can never get them. But people who work hard will get the things they want.

Proverbs 15:19

A lazy person will have trouble everywhere. But life will be easy for honest people.

Proverbs 18:9

A person that does sloppy work is almost as bad as a person that destroys things.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings sleepiness. Trying to hide \{a problem\} brings more problems. {\cf2\super [27]}

Proverbs 19:24

Some friends are fun to be with. {\cf2\super [26]} But a close friend can be even better than a brother.

Proverbs 20:4

A lazy person is too lazy to plant seeds. So, at the time of harvest he looks for food and finds nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “I can’t go \{to work\} now. There is a lion outside. It might kill me.”

Proverbs 23:19

So listen, my son, and be wise. Always be careful to live the right way.

Proverbs 30:24

There are four things on the earth that are small but very wise:

Proverbs 30:25

Ants are small and weak, but they save their food all summer;\par

Proverbs 6:9

Lazy person, how long will you lie there? When will you get up from your rest?

Isaiah 1:3

A cow knows its master.\par And a donkey knows the place where its owner feeds it.\par But the people of Israel don’t know me.\par My people don’t understand.”\par

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the birds in the sky\par know the right time to do things.\par The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes\par know when it is time to fly to a new home.\par But my people don’t know what the Lord wants them to do.\par

Matthew 25:26

“The master answered, ‘You are a bad and lazy servant! You say you knew that I harvest things I did not plant, and that I gather crops where I did not put any seed.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or save food in barns. But your heavenly Father feeds those birds. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.

Romans 12:11

Don’t be lazy when you need to be working for the Lord. Be spiritually excited about serving him.

Hebrews 6:12

You have had enough time that by now you should be teachers. But you need some person to teach you again the first lessons of God’s teaching. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food.