Proverbs 6:6

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is a net 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

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

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

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

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

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall 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 small, but they are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:25

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

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise 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 understand."

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane[1] keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed?

Matthew 6:26

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

Romans 12:11

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,[7] serve the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12

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