Proverbs 6:6-8

Practical Warnings

6 j Go to k the ant, O l sluggard;
consider her ways, and m be wise.
7 n Without having any chief,
o officer, or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread p in summer
and q gathers her food in harvest.

  1. Cross References
    Job 12:7
    But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:25
    The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer.
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 10:26
    Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 23:19
    Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
    Proverbs 27:11
    Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:27
    The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 5:6
    The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen.
    Exodus 5:15
    Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, "Why do you treat your servants like this?
  7. Cross References
    Proverbs 10:5
    He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
  8. Cross References
    Proverbs 10:5
    He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
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