Proverbs 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

KJV

¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

WEB

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

ASV

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

LSV

Go to the ant, O slothful one, || See her ways and be wise;

YLT

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

DBY

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

DRC

Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:

GNV

Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.

JPS

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;

LXXE

Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

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WLC

לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἴθι πρὸς τὸν μύρμηκα ὦ ὀκνηρὲ, καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτερος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
• Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
• Matthew 25:26‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
• Proverbs 30:25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
• Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• Proverbs 26:13–16The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back…
• Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
• Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
• Proverbs 24:30–34I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. I observed and took it to heart; I…
• Job 12:7–8But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
• Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 10:26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).