Proverbs 6:6 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: 更多版本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: English Standard Version 2016 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. |
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 an hedge of thorns: But the way of the righteous is made plain.
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 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 strawed:
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.