Proverbs 6:6

The Passion Translation

When you’re feeling lazy, come and learn a lesson from this tale of the tiny ant. Yes, all you lazybones, come learn from the example of the ant and enter into wisdom.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:17

To be aware of their snare is the best way of escape.

Proverbs 10:26

To trust a lazy person to get a job done will be as irritating as smoke in your eyes— as enjoyable as a toothache!

Proverbs 10:4

Slackers will know what it means to be poor, while the hard worker becomes wealthy.

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker wants it all and ends up with nothing, but the hard worker ends up with all that he longed for.

Proverbs 15:19

Nothing seems to work right for the lazy man, but life seems smooth and easy when your heart is virtuous.

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is too lazy to look for work is the same one who wastes his life away.

Proverbs 19:15

Go ahead—be lazy and passive. But you’ll go hungry if you live that way.

Proverbs 19:24

There are some people who pretend they’re hurt— deadbeats who won’t even work to feed themselves.

Proverbs 20:4

If you’re too lazy to plant seed, it’s too bad when you have no harvest on which to feed.

Proverbs 21:25

Taking the easy way out is the habit of a lazy man, and it will be his downfall. All day long he thinks about all the things that he craves, for he hasn’t learned the secret that the generous man has learned: extravagant giving never leads to poverty.

Proverbs 22:13

A slacker always has an excuse for not working— like “I can’t go to work. There’s a lion outside! And murderers too!”

Proverbs 23:19

As you listen to me, my beloved child, you will grow in wisdom and your heart will be drawn into understanding, which will empower you to make right decisions.

Proverbs 30:24

The earth has four creatures that are very small but very wise:

Proverbs 30:25

The feeble ant has little strength, yet look how it diligently gathers its food in the summer to last throughout the winter.

Proverbs 6:9

So wake up, sleepyhead. How long will you lie there? When will you wake up and get out of bed?

Isaiah 1:3

Even a dumb ox instinctively knows its owner and the stubborn mule knows the hand that feeds it, but Israel does not know me nor do my people understand.”

Jeremiah 8:7

“Even the stork in the skies knows her season of migration. And migratory birds—the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane — instinctively take flight according to the times I have set for them, but my people pay no attention to the orders of Yahweh.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master said to him, ‘You’re an untrustworthy and lazy servant! If you knew I was a shrewd and ruthless business man who always makes a profit, why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank?

Matthew 6:26

“Consider the birds—do you think they worry about their existence? They don’t plant or reap or store up food, yet your heavenly Father provides them each with food. Aren’t you much more valuable to your Father than they?

Romans 12:11

Be enthusiastic to serve the Lord, keeping your passion toward him boiling hot! Radiate with the glow of the Holy Spirit and let him fill you with excitement as you serve him.

Hebrews 6:12

So don’t allow your hearts to grow dull or lose your enthusiasm, but follow the example of those who fully received what God has promised because of their strong faith and patient endurance.