Treasury of Scripture
the ant has been famous for centuries for its social habits
foresight, economy and industry. Collecting their food at the proper seasons, they bite off the end of the grain to prevent it from germinating and lay it up in cells till needed.
Proverbs 1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Job 12:7,8 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you...
Isaiah 1:3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people does not consider.
Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them...
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Proverbs 6:9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
Proverbs 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Proverbs 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 19:15,24 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger...
Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding...
Proverbs 26:13-16 The slothful man said, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets...
Matthew 25:26 His lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not...
Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Hebrews 6:12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.