Proverbs 6:6

New King James 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

As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy man to those who send him.

Proverbs 10:4

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the lazy man kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 30:24

There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Proverbs 6:9

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

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.”

Jeremiah 8:7

“Even the stork in the heavens Knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow Observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.

Matthew 25:26

“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.