Proverbs 6:6 Cross References - Great

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slougard) consydre herwayes, & lerne to be wyse.

⁷ Aske the catell, and they shall infourme the: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell the. ⁸ Or the increace of the earth, and it shall shewe the. Or the fysshers of the see, and they shall certifye the.

¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes:

⁹ Howe longe wylt thou slepe, thou slougysh man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy slepe?

²⁶ As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto the eyes, euen so is a slougysh personne to them that sende hym forth.

⁴ The slogarde wolde fayne haue, & cannot get hys desyre: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plenty.

¹⁹ The waye of a slouthfull man, is as it were hedged with thornes, but the strete of the ryghteous is well clensed.

⁹ Who so is slouthfull and slacke in hys laboure, is the brother of him that is a waster.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe: and a soule accustomed with crafte shall suffre honger.

²⁴ A slouthfull man shuteth his handes into his bosom, as into the pot: and wyll not take payne to put it to hys mouth.

⁴ A slouthfull body wyll not go to plowe for colde of the wynter: therfore shall he go a beggyng in sommer, & haue nothynge.

²⁵ The volupteousnesse of the slouthfull is hys awne death: for his handes wyll not laboure.

¹³ The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyon without, I myght be slayn in the strete.

³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthfull, & by the vyneiarde of the foolysh man. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thystles, & the stone wall was broken downe. ³² Thys I sawe, & considered it well: I loked vpon it, & toke it for a warnyng. ³³ Yee, slepe on styll a lytle, slombre a lytle, folde thy handes together yet a lytle: ³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the waye, & necessite lyke a weapened man.

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a lyon in the waye, & a lyon in the myddest of the stretes. ¹⁴ Lyke as the dore turneth aboute vpon the henges, euen so doth the slouthfull welter him selfe in his bedd. ¹⁵ The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into hys bosome, and it greueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slogarde thinketh him selfe wyser, then seuen men that sytt & teach.

²⁵ The emmettes are but weake people yet gather they theyr meate together in the haruest.

³ The oxe hath knowne his owner & the asse his masters cribb: but Israel hath receaued no knowledge, my people hath no vnderstandyng.

²⁶ Behold, the foules of the ayer: for they sowe not, nether do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: and youre heuenly father fedeth them. Are ye not moch better then they?

²⁶ His lord answered & sayd vnto him thou euyll & slowthfull seruaunt, thou knewest, that I reape where I sowed not, & gather, where I haue not strawed:

¹¹ Be not slouthfull in the busynes which ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues to the tyme.

¹² that ye faynt not, but be folowers of them, which thorowe fayth and pacience receaue the enheritaunce of the promyse.