Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
In Context
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:17For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
Proverbs 10:4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
Proverbs 19:24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the sluggard kills 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 →