Proverbs 6:6-11
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j Go to k the ant, O l sluggard;
consider her ways, and m be wise.
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n Without having any chief,
o officer, or ruler,
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she prepares her bread p in summer
and q gathers her food in harvest.
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r How long will you lie there, l O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
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s A little sleep, a little slumber,
t a little s folding of the hands to rest,
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u and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
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Job 12:7
But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you.
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Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer.
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Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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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.
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Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank.
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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?
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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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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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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.
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Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
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Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.
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Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.
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Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
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Proverbs 24:34
And poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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