Proverbs 6:6-11

Complete Jewish Bible

⁶ Go to the ant, you lazybones!
Consider its ways, and be wise.
⁷ It has no chief, overseer or ruler;
⁸ yet it provides its food in summer
and gathers its supplies at harvest-time.
⁹ Lazybones! How long will you lie there in bed?
When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ “I’ll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer,
just fold my hands for a little more sleep” —
¹¹ and poverty comes marching in on you,
scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.