Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
In Context
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Proverbs 19:24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:2-6
Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. It is… Read the whole commentary →