Proverbs 6:6-11

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.
⁹ _r How long will you lie there, _l O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
¹⁰ _s A little sleep, a little slumber,
_t a little _s folding of the hands to rest,
¹¹ _u and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.

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.
   
9. Cross References
   Jonah 1:6
   So the captain came and said to him, "What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.
   
10. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:6
    Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
    
11. Cross References
    Proverbs 24:33
    A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.
    
12. Cross References
    Proverbs 24:33
    A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.
    
13. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 4:5
    The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
    
14. Cross References
    Proverbs 24:34
    And poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.