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Proverbs 6:6
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You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.
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Don't procrastinate - there's no time to lose.
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Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! A Lesson from the Ant
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You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.
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Nobody has to tell it what to do.
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All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions.
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.