Proverbs 6:6-11
1599 Geneva Bible
6 ¶ Go to [a]the pismire, O sluggard: behold her ways, and be wise.
7 For she having no guide, governor, nor ruler,
8 Prepareth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of the sleep?
10 (A)Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, [b]a little folding of the hands to sleep.
11 Therefore thy poverty cometh as one that [c]traveleth by the way, and thy necessity like [d]an armed man.
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- Proverbs 6:6 If the word of God cannot instruct thee, yet learn at the little pismire to labor for thyself and not to burden others.
- Proverbs 6:10 He expresseth lively the nature of the sluggards, which though they sleep never so long, yet have never enough, but ever seek occasions thereunto.
- Proverbs 6:11 That is, suddenly, and when thou lookest not for it.
- Proverbs 6:11 It shall come in such sort, as thou are not able to resist it.
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