Proverbs 6:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

In vain a net is spread right under the eyes of any bird—

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, are sluggards to those who send them.

Proverbs 10:4

The slack hand impoverishes, but the busy hand brings riches.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge, but the path of the diligent is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

Those slack in their work are kin to the destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries a hand in the dish; not even lifting it to the mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

In seedtime sluggards do not plow; when they look for the harvest, it is not there.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of sluggards will slay them, for their hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “A lion is outside; I might be slain in the street.”

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 30:24

Four things are among the smallest on the earth, and yet are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:25

Ants—a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;

Proverbs 6:9

How long, O sluggard, will you lie there? when will you rise from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master’s manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons; Turtledove, swift, and thrush observe the time of their return, But my people do not know the order of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?

Romans 12:11

Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises. God’s Promise Immutable.