Proverbs 6:6

Modern English Version

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise,

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

Surely, in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 10:26

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

Proverbs 10:4

He who has an idle hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent will be made fat.

Proverbs 15:19

The road of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts a man into a deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A sluggard hides his hand in the bowl; he will not bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow in season; he will beg at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

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

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 23:19

Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.

Proverbs 30:24

Four things on earth are little, but they are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:25

the ants are a people not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

the ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib, but Israel does not know; My people do not consider.

Jeremiah 8:7

Indeed, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. And the turtledove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

“His master answered, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not winnowed.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

Romans 12:11

do not be lazy in diligence, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord,

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be lazy, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.