Proverbs 6:6 Cross References

Proverbs 6:6

6: Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise!

Proverbs 20:4

  1. If you are too lazy to plow in the right season, you will have no food at the harvest.

Proverbs 13:4

  1. Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper and be satisfied.

Proverbs 18:9

  1. A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Hebrews 6:12

  1. Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises because of their faith and patience.

Proverbs 6:9

  1. But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? I want you to learn this lesson:

Proverbs 30:25

  1. Ants--they aren't strong, but they store up food for the winter.

Proverbs 10:26

  1. Lazy people are a pain to their employer. They are like smoke in the eyes or vinegar that sets the teeth on edge.

Romans 12:11

  1. Never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically.

Proverbs 26:13

  1. The lazy person is full of excuses, saying, "I can't go outside because there might be a lion on the road! Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there!"
  2. As a door turns back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.
  3. Some people are so lazy that they won't lift a finger to feed themselves.
  4. Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.

Matthew 25:26

  1. "But the master replied, 'You wicked and lazy servant! You think I'm a hard man, do you, harvesting crops I didn't plant and gathering crops I didn't cultivate?

Proverbs 24:30

  1. I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one lacking sense.
  2. I saw that it was overgrown with thorns. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.
  3. Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:
  4. A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--
  5. and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Job 12:7

  1. "Ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
  2. Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish of the sea speak to you.

Proverbs 21:25

  1. The desires of lazy people will be their ruin, for their hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 19:15

  1. A lazy person sleeps soundly--and goes hungry.

Proverbs 22:13

  1. The lazy person is full of excuses, saying, "If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!"

Proverbs 19:24

  1. Some people are so lazy that they won't even lift a finger to feed themselves.

Proverbs 15:19

  1. A lazy person has trouble all through life; the path of the upright is easy!

Proverbs 1:17

  1. When a bird sees a trap being set, it stays away.

Matthew 6:26

  1. Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are.

Isaiah 1:3

  1. Even the animals--the donkey and the ox--know their owner and appreciate his care, but not my people Israel. No matter what I do for them, they still do not understand."
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