Proverbs 6:6

6 You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.

Proverbs 6:6 In-Context

4 Don't procrastinate - there's no time to lose.
5 Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! A Lesson from the Ant
6 You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.
7 Nobody has to tell it what to do.
8 All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions.

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