Proverbs 6:6 - Tree of Life Version

Go to the ant, you slacker— consider its ways and be wise!

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King 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:

Proverbs 6:6 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 1:17

Surely it is useless to spread a net in the eyes of all winged creatures!

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth or smoke to the eyes, so is a slacker to those who send him.

Proverbs 10:4

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker’s soul craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent soul will be satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slacker is a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will starve.

Proverbs 19:24

The slacker buries his hand in a bowl and will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Proverbs 20:4

A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

A slacker’s craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the right way.

Proverbs 30:24

Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

Proverbs 30:25

ants are creatures with little strength, yet they store up their food in summer;

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its manger, but Israel does not know, My people do not understand.”

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed times, and the turtledove, swallow and crane observe the time of their migration, but My people do not know the judgments of Adonai.

Matthew 25:26

“But his master responded, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow and gather where I scattered no seed?

Matthew 6:26

“Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Romans 12:11

Do not be lagging in zeal; be fervent in spirit. Keep serving the Lord,

Hebrews 6:12

so you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those inheriting the promises through trust and perseverance.