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New International Version NIV
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.