Proverbs 6:6 Cross References - MSB

⁶ Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

⁷ But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. ⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

¹⁷ How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

⁹ How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

⁴ The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

¹⁹ The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

⁹ Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

²⁴ The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.

⁴ The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

²⁵ The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

¹³ The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

³⁰ I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. ³¹ Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. ³² I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

¹³ The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” ¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. ¹⁵ The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

²⁵ The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

³ The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

²⁶ Look 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?

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.

¹¹ Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

¹² Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.