Proverbs 6:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.”
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BSBPD
“Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 6:6 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- Proverbs 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
- Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 10:26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
- Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 19:24The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
- Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
- Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Proverbs 26:13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Proverbs 30:25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Matthew 25:26‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
- Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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