Proverbs 6:6 Cross References - Matthew

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogard) consyder her wayes, and lerne to be wise.

⁷ Aske the catell, & they shall infourme the: the fowles of the ayre, and they shall tell the: ⁸ Speake to the earth, & it shall shewe the: Or to the fysshes of the sea, and they shall certifie the.

¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes.

⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe?

²⁶ As vyneger is to the tethe, and as smoke is vnto the eyes, euen so sa slougysh person to them that send him forth.

⁴ The slogarde woulde fayne haue, and can not get his dsyre: but the soule of the diligente shall haue plenty.

¹⁹ The way of the slouthful is ful of thornes, but the strete of the rightuous is wel cleansed.

⁹ Who so is slouthful & slacke in his laboure, is the brother of him that is a waster.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bringeth slepe, & an ydel soule shall suffer hunger.

²⁴ A slouthful body shuteth hys hande into hys bosome, so that he cannot put it to his mouth.

⁴ A slouthfull body will not go to plowe for colde, therefore shall he go a beggynge in Sommer, and haue nothynge.

²⁵ The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is hys owne death, for hys handes wyll not laboure.

¹³ The slouthful body sayeth: ther is a lyon wythoute, I myghte be slayne in the strete.

³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthful, and by the vineiarde of the feld of the slouthful and by the vyneyeardes of the folish man. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wyth nettels, and stode ful of thistles. and the stone wall was broken doune. ³² Thys I saw, and consydered it well I loked vpon it, and toke it for a warnyng. ³³ Yea slepe on styl a lytle, slomber a lytle, fold thyne handes together yet a lytle, ³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

¹³ The slouthful sayeth: there is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the myddest of the stretes. ¹⁴ Lyke as the dore turneth aboute vpon the thresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull welter hym self in his bedde. ¹⁵ The slouthful bodye thrusteth his hand into his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slogard thynketh hym selfe wyser then? .vij. men that sit & teach.

²⁵ The Emmettes are but a weake people, yet gather they their meate together in the haruest.

³ An oxe knoweth hys Lorde, & an Asse his masters stall: but Israel knoweth nothynge, my people hath no vnderstanding.

²⁶ Behold the foules of the ayer: for the sowe not, neyther reape, nor yet cary into the barnes: and yet your heauenlye father fedethe them. Are ye not muche better then they?

²⁶ His maister aunswered and said vnto hym: thou euyll seruaunte and slouthful, thou knewest that I repe wher I sowed not, and gadder wher I strawed not:

¹¹ Let not the busynes whiche ye haue in hande, be tedyous to you. Be feruente in the spirite. Applye youre selues to the time.

¹² that ye faynt not, but folowe them, whiche thorowe fayth & pacience inheret the promyses.