Proverbs 6:6 - King James Version - American Edition Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!–[Job 12:7.] American Standard Version (1901) Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Common English Bible Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise. Catholic Public Domain Version Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom: |
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed:
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.