Proverbs 6:6

New Century Version

Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

It is useless to spread out a net right where the birds can see it.

Proverbs 10:26

A lazy person affects the one he works for like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

Proverbs 10:4

A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.

Proverbs 15:19

A lazy person’s life is like a patch of thorns, but an honest person’s life is like a smooth highway.

Proverbs 18:9

A person who doesn’t work hard is just like someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

Though the lazy person puts his hand in the dish, he won’t lift the food to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

Lazy farmers don’t plow when they should; they expect a harvest, but there is none.

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people’s desire for sleep will kill them, because they refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside! I might get killed out in the street!”

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my child, and be wise. Keep your mind on what is right.

Proverbs 30:24

“There are four things on earth that are small, but they are very wise:

Proverbs 30:25

Ants are not very strong, but they store up food in the summer.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, you lazy person? When will you get up from sleeping?

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its master, and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it, but the people of Israel do not know me; my people do not understand.”

Jeremiah 8:7

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

Matthew 25:26

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

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.

Romans 12:11

Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy. Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised.