Proverbs 6:6

New International Reader's Version

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

How useless it is to spread a net where every bird can see it!

Proverbs 10:26

Those who don’t want to work hurt those who send them. They are like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

Proverbs 10:4

Hands that don’t want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.

Proverbs 13:4

People who refuse to work want things and get nothing. But the desires of people who work hard are completely satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of people who don’t want to work is blocked with thorns. But the path of honest people is a wide road.

Proverbs 18:9

Anyone who doesn’t want to work is like someone who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Proverbs 19:24

A person who doesn’t want to work leaves his hand in the dish. He won’t even bring it back up to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:4

Anyone who refuses to work doesn’t plow in the right season. When they look for a crop at harvest time, they don’t find it.

Proverbs 21:25

Some people will die while they are still hungry. That’s because their hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

People who don’t want to work say, “There’s a lion outside!” Or they say, “I’ll be murdered if I go out into the streets!”

Proverbs 23:19

My son, listen and be wise. Set your heart on the right path.

Proverbs 30:24

“Four things on earth are small. But they are very wise.

Proverbs 30:25

The first are ants, which aren’t very strong. But they store up their food in the summer.

Proverbs 6:9

You lazy people, how long will you lie there? When will you get up from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its master. The donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand me.”

Jeremiah 8:7

Storks know when to fly south. So do doves, swifts and thrushes. But my people do not know what I require them to do.

Matthew 25:26

“His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air. They don’t plant or gather crops. They don’t put away crops in storerooms. But your Father who is in heaven feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are?

Romans 12:11

Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.