Proverbs 6:6 Cross References - Leeser

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.

⁷ Yet, do only ask of the beasts, and they will instruct thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they will tell it thee; ⁸ Or speak to the earth, and she will instruct thee; and the fishes of the sea will inform thee

¹⁷ For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:

⁹ How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

²⁶ As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes: so is the sluggard to those that send him.

⁴ The sluggard longeth in his soul, and there cometh nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be abundantly gratified.

¹⁹ The way of the slothful man is like a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is a levelled road.

⁹ He also that showeth himself slothful in his work is a brother to the destroyer.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth man into a deep sleep; and an indolent soul will suffer hunger.

²⁴ When a slothful man hath hidden his hand in the dish, then will he not even bring it back to his mouth.

⁴ Because it is winter’s cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.

²⁵ The longing of the slothful will kill him; for his hands refuse to labor.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.

³⁰ By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense: ³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down. ³² And when I had indeed beheld this I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning. ³³ “A little more sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;” ³⁴ But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets. ¹⁴ As a door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. ¹⁵ Hath the slothful hidden his hand in the dish, it wearieth him to bring it back again to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slothful is wiser in his own eyes, than seven men that can give wise answers.

²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, therefore do they prepare in the summer their food;

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.