Provérbios 6
David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
Provérbios 6
Guzik points out "The book of Proverbs speaks a lot about the value of hard work, and for good reason. The difference between success and failure, between potential disappointed or fulfilled, is often hard work." Henry Morris on the ant -. Whatever may have been God's overall purpose in creating different animals, many of them--perhaps all, if we can learn enough about them--can be used to illustrate important spiritual truths, as in the industrious example of the ant (Job 12:7-10).
Provérbios 6
Guzik - The lazy man will find that poverty and need come upon him quickly. The sluggard loves to procrastinate and think things can always be done later. The hard worker can look forward to later; for the lazy man it will come like a prowler. When it comes, it will be your poverty—not one imposed by circumstances or misfortune, but through laziness. Waltke - “At least 14 proverbs relate idleness, either explicitly or implicitly, to poverty, the bitter end of the sluggard (cf. Pr 20:13; 24:33–34). It is not riches the lazy person lacks; it is food, the necessity of life (cf. Pr 19:15; 20:13; 23:21).” And your need like an armed man - "That is, with irresistible fury; and thou art not prepared to oppose it.” (Adam Clarke) Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth, BGT Proverbs 6:12 ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς NET Proverbs 6:12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; NLT Proverbs 6:12 What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars, ESV Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, NIV Proverbs 6:12 A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, KJV Proverbs 6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. LXE Proverbs 6:12 A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good. ASV Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; CSB Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man goes around speaking dishonestly, NKJ Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; NRS Proverbs 6:12 A scoundrel and a villain goes around with crooked speech, YLT Proverbs 6:12 A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth, naughty: Pr 11:6 17:4 1Sa 17:28 Jer 24:2,8-10 Jas 1:21 walketh: Pr 6:14 2:12 4:24 8:13 Ps 10:3,7 36:3 52:2-4 59:7 73:8,9 Mt 12:34 Ac 20:30 1Ti 5:13 Tit 1:10,11 Jas 3:6 THE WORTHLESS WICKED MAN A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth - Walks is a metaphor for his life, his behavior, his everyday practices. The point is that he habitually is a man of crooked, corrupt speech so you can't trust him. When he speaks, his speech is not straightforward, or trustworthy. "Heb “crooked” or “twisted.” This term can refer to something that is physically twisted or crooked, or something morally perverse. Cf. NAB “crooked talk”; NRSV “crooked speech.” walks around with a perverse mouth.” The term “mouth” is a metonymy of cause, an organ of speech put for what is said. This is an individual who says perverted or twisted things.(NET NOTE) Worthless (1100) (beliya'al some think derives from beli = negative + ya'al: = worth thus "without worth, or profit") Worthlessness, good for nothing, unprofitalbe, destruction, ruin, base, ungodliness, evil, naughty, ungodly, wicked. 1st Use: BELIAL represents men who lead others into idolatry: "some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods' (whom you have not known)," (Dt 13:13). See Dt. 15:9 "Beware, lest there is a base thought in your heart, saying...Ps 101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. Cp with Nagib H5057 --> ''Ruler'' In NT beliya'al only in 2 Co 6:15 for Satan (worthless). The expression "son" or "man of Belial" means simply a worthless, lawless person (Jdg 19:22; Jdg 20:13; 1Sa 1:16; 1Sa 2:12).LXX renders : paranomos: transgression anomia, and aphron, i.e. "lawless, lawlessness, witless." Usually it occurs in such expressions as "son(s) of Belial" (Deut 13:14; Jud 19:22; 1 Sam 2:12; 2Chr 13:7), a "daughter of Belial" (1Sam 1:16), "man or men of' (1 Sam 25:25; 2 Sam 16:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Prov 16:27), or a "worthless witness" (Prov 19:28). It appears alone in 2 Sam 23:6 and Job 34:18. In Prov 6:12, the "worthless man" is equated with the "wicked man," 'ish 'awen. He is a plotter of evil (Prov 16:27) as well as a "counsellor of villainy" (Nah 1:11) and a mocker of justice (Prov 19:28). NET NOTE - Whatever the etymology, usage shows that the word describes people who violate the law (Deut 15:9; Judg 19:22; 1 Kgs 21:10, 13; Prov 16:27; et al.) or act in a contemptuous and foolish manner against cultic observance or social institutions (1 Sam 10:27; 25:17; 30:22); cf. NRSV “a scoundrel and a villain” (NAB and NIV similar). The present instruction will focus on the devious practice of such wicked and worthless folk. Deu 13:13 15:9 worthless men...base thought in your heart, Judg 19:22 20:13 certain worthless fellows...worthless fellows 1 Sa 1:16 2:12 10:27 25:17 25:25 30:22 2 Sa 16:7 20:1 22:5 23:6 1 Ki 21:10 21:13 two worthless men (2x) 2 Chr 13:7 worthless men gathered about him, Job 34:18 Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' Ps 18:4 torrents of ungodliness Ps 41:8 A wicked thing is poured out upon him, Pr 6:12 16:27 19:28 worthless...worthless...rascally Na 1:11 1:15 A wicked counselor...the wicked one Proverbs 6:13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers; BGT Proverbs 6:13 ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ σημαίνει δὲ ποδί διδάσκει δὲ ἐννεύμασιν δακτύλων NET Proverbs 6:13 he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers; NLT Proverbs 6:13 signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers. ESV Proverbs 6:13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, NIV Proverbs 6:13 who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, KJV Proverbs 6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; LXE Proverbs 6:13 And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers. ASV Proverbs 6:13 That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers; CSB Proverbs 6:13 winking his eyes, signaling with his feet, and gesturing with his fingers. NKJ Proverbs 6:13 He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; NRS Proverbs 6:13 winking the eyes, shuffling the feet, pointing the fingers, YLT Proverbs 6:13 Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers, Pr 5:6 10:10 Job 15:12 Ps 35:19 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers - These depictions simply emphasize his crooked, corrupt character. I have always been suspicions of men who frequently wink at you to "punctuate" what they say or do. "The sinister sign language and gestures of the perverse individual seem to indicate any kind of look or gesture that is put on and therefore a form of deception if not a way of making insinuations." (NET NOTE) Proverbs 6:14 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife. BGT Proverbs 6:14 διεστραμμένῃ δὲ καρδίᾳ τεκταίνεται κακὰ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ὁ τοιοῦτος ταραχὰς συνίστησιν πόλει NET Proverbs 6:14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times. NLT Proverbs 6:14 Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble. ESV Proverbs 6:14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; NIV Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart-- he always stirs up dissension. KJV Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. LXE Proverbs 6:14 His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city. ASV Proverbs 6:14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord. CSB Proverbs 6:14 He always plots evil with perversity in his heart-- he stirs up trouble. NKJ Proverbs 6:14 Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord. NRS Proverbs 6:14 with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord; YLT Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth. perversity: Pr 2:14 16:28-30 21:8 he devises: Pr 6:18 Ps 36:4 Isa 32:7 57:20 Eze 11:2 Mic 2:1 spreads: , Pr 6:19 16:28 22:8 26:17-22 Ho 8:7 Ro 16:17 Ga 6:7,8 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil - The source of his evil is his perverse heart. Perversity (08419)(tahpukah from hapak = to turn, overturn) is a feminine noun which means to turn away from what is normal and right. The first OT use describes the perverse generation of Israelites who deviated and distorted the Lord’s ways, turning from Him (Dt 32:20), for their true life is found in Him. Tahpukah describes deceptive and corrupt speech, things that are distorted (Pr. 2:12). "Perversity of evil" signifies that evil itself features perversity, a distortion of what is straight and right (Pr. 2:14). Perversity issues from one's heart (Pr 6:14). Notice that many of the OT uses refer in some way to one's speech (Pr 2:12, 8:13, 10:31, 32, 23:33) and Pr 6:14 links perversion with the heart which makes sense since as Jesus taught out of the mouth comes that which fills the heart (Mt 12:34, Lk 6:45). God hates a perverted mouth which of course speaks of perverted speech (Pr. 8:13). Who spreads strife - "sows discord." "constantly stir up trouble" Spreads is literally "casts forth" almost like he casts seeds of strife and dissension and we all know the rotten fruit that comes from these "seeds!" Spreads (07971)(shalach) means to send, to send forth, to send away, to let go, to put, to expel (cf Ge 3:23). The first use in Ge 3:22 describes Adam as he stretched out his hand to take of the forbidden fruit. The second use in Ge 3:23 describes God's punishment - "God sent him out (shalach) from the Garden." In Ge 8:7 Noah "sent out a raven" then "a dove" (Ge 8:8, 10, 12) Proverbs 6:15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing. BGT Proverbs 6:15 διὰ τοῦτο ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτοῦ διακοπὴ καὶ συντριβὴ ἀνίατος NET Proverbs 6:15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy. NLT Proverbs 6:15 But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing. ESV Proverbs 6:15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. NIV Proverbs 6:15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy. KJV Proverbs 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. LXE Proverbs 6:15 Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. ASV Proverbs 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. CSB Proverbs 6:15 Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly-- beyond recovery. NKJ Proverbs 6:15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy. NRS Proverbs 6:15 on such a one calamity will descend suddenly; in a moment, damage beyond repair. YLT Proverbs 6:15 Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing. shall his: Pr 1:27 29:1 Ps 73:18-20 Isa 30:13 1Th 5:3 he be: 2Ch 36:16 Ps 50:22 Jer 19:11 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing - Look at the end of the worthless, wicked man - the WHAT? (What happens to him?) = calamity, broken, no healing. The HOW? (or WHEN? how or when it comes) = suddenly, instantly! The implication is there is no warning. The trap door opens and he finds himself in the noose of his own making! Proverbs 6:16 There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: BGT Proverbs 6:16 ὅτι χαίρει πᾶσιν οἷς μισεῖ ὁ κύριος συντρίβεται δὲ δι᾽ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆς NET Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: NLT Proverbs 6:16 There are six things the LORD hates-- no, seven things he detests: ESV Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: NIV Proverbs 6:16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: KJV Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: LXE Proverbs 6:16 For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. ASV Proverbs 6:16 There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: CSB Proverbs 6:16 The LORD hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to Him: NKJ Proverbs 6:16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: NRS Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: YLT Proverbs 6:16 These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul. six: Pr 8:13 30:18,21,24,29 Am 1:3,6,9,11 2:1,4,6 an: Pr 3:32 11:1,20 15:8,9 17:15 20:10,23 De 18:10-12 23:18 24:4 De 25:16 Rev 21:27 unto him: Heb. of his soul, Ps 11:5 There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: Solomon uses a Hebrew literary device for emphasis that is used by other writers. “These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him.” Job 5:19: “From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you. Amos 1:3: Thus says the LORD, “For three transgressions of Damascus and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron. Proverbs 30:15: The leech has two daughters, “Give,” “Give.” There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, “Enough”: Proverbs 30:18: There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: NET NOTE "This saying involves a numerical ladder, paralleling six things with seven things (e.g., also Pr 30:15, 18, 21, 24, 29). The point of such a numerical arrangement is that the number does not exhaust the list." These are not the first verses that tell us that God hates something... • Deuteronomy 16:22 God hates idols • Psalm 45:7 God hates wickedness • Proverbs 11:1 God hates a false balance or scales or dishonesty • Proverbs 15:26 God hates wicked, impure thoughts Why does God hate these things? Because of the consequences that sin will bring to those who commit them. He knows the hurt and the harm that these sins will bring. What would you put on God's “hate list?” What does the Lord hate? Notice that these sins involve the eyes, the tongue, the hands, the heart, the feet, the mouth.
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Guzik - “Although we have no information on Israelite laws of surety, seizure of assets and home and even the selling of the debtor into slavery were common penalties for failure to make payment, and the cosigner could well have met the same fate.” (Garrett) Proverbs 6:3 Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. BGT Proverbs 6:3 ποίει υἱέ ἃ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι καὶ σῴζου ἥκεις γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας κακῶν διὰ σὸν φίλον ἴθι μὴ ἐκλυόμενος παρόξυνε δὲ καὶ τὸν φίλον σου ὃν ἐνεγυήσω NET Proverbs 6:3 then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor. NLT Proverbs 6:3 follow my advice and save yourself, for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased. ESV Proverbs 6:3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. NIV Proverbs 6:3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor! KJV Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. LXE Proverbs 6:3 My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety. ASV Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; CSB Proverbs 6:3 Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have put yourself in your neighbor's power: Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor. NKJ Proverbs 6:3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend. NRS Proverbs 6:3 So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor. YLT Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend, when: 2Sa 24:14 2Ch 12:5 Ps 31:8 go: Ex 10:3 2Ch 36:12 Jas 4:10 Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself - NET NOTE deliver - The verb means “to deliver oneself, be delivered” in the Niphal. The image is one of being snatched or plucked quickly out of some danger or trouble, in the sense of a rescue, as in a “brand snatched [Hophal stem] from the fire” (Zech 3:2). Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor - The idiom using the “hand” means that the individual has come under the control or the power of someone else. This particular word for hand is used to play ironically on its first occurrence in Pr 6:1. (NET NOTE ) Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor - NLT = "Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased." Matthew Poole on humble yourself - “Hebrew offer thyself to be trodden upon, or throw thyself down at his feet. As thou hast made thyself his servant, bear the fruits of thine own folly, and humbly and earnestly implore his patience and clemency.” (Poole) NET NOTE on humble yourself - In the Hitpael the verb רָפַס (rafas) means “to stamp oneself down” or “to humble oneself” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV). BDB 952 s.v. Hithp suggests “become a suppliant.” G. R. Driver related it to the Akkadian cognate rapasu, “trample,” and interpreted as trampling oneself, swallowing pride, being unremitting in effort NET NOTE on importune - Heb “be bold.” The verb רָהַב (rahav) means “to act stormily; to act boisterously; to act arrogantly.” The idea here is a strong one: storm against (beset, importune) your neighbor. The meaning is that he should be bold and not take no for an answer. Cf. NIV “press your plea”; TEV “beg him to release you.” Believer's Study Bible - vv. 3-5) The creditor now has his neighbor in hand as a cosigner, holding surety which may include a man's house and goods, thus making all he has dependent upon the will of his creditor-neighbor (vv. 1, 2). The solution is to "humble" oneself, i.e., to "plead" to gain the desired end. Furthermore, one is not to rest or sleep (v. 4) until he has been released, even as a "gazelle" or "bird" that is entrapped does not rest until it sets itself free (v. 5). Proverbs 6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids; BGT Proverbs 6:4 μὴ δῷς ὕπνον σοῖς ὄμμασιν μηδὲ ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς βλεφάροις NET Proverbs 6:4 Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. NLT Proverbs 6:4 Don't put it off; do it now! Don't rest until you do. ESV Proverbs 6:4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; NIV Proverbs 6:4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids. KJV Proverbs 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. LXE Proverbs 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids; ASV Proverbs 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; CSB Proverbs 6:4 Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. NKJ Proverbs 6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids. NRS Proverbs 6:4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; YLT Proverbs 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, Pr 6:10,11 Ps 132:4 Ec 9:10 Mt 24:17,18 Mk 13:35,36 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids - The point is do this immediately, posthaste. Don't put it off. Don't procrastinate or try to rationalize. Proverbs 6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. BGT Proverbs 6:5 ἵνα σῴζῃ ὥσπερ δορκὰς ἐκ βρόχων καὶ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον ἐκ παγίδος NET Proverbs 6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler. NLT Proverbs 6:5 Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net. ESV Proverbs 6:5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. NIV Proverbs 6:5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. KJV Proverbs 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. LXE Proverbs 6:5 that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare. ASV Proverbs 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. CSB Proverbs 6:5 Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from a fowler's trap. NKJ Proverbs 6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. NRS Proverbs 6:5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. YLT Proverbs 6:5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler. bird: Pr 1:17 Ps 11:1 124:7 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand - Hand generally speaks of power in this context and the thought is that of a gazelle freeing itself from a snare or a trap that a hunter set. What is the picture? Both the gazelle and the bird would do anything they could to escape the trap (and they are dumb animals, or maybe not so dumb!) And like a bird from the hand of the fowler - The idea of this metaphorical statement is the same as the description of a gazelle. Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise, BGT Proverbs 6:6 ἴθι πρὸς τὸν μύρμηκα ὦ ὀκνηρέ καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτερος NET Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! NLT Proverbs 6:6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! ESV Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. NIV Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! KJV Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: LXE Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he. ASV Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: CSB Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise. NKJ Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, NRS Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise. YLT Proverbs 6:6 Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; the ant: The ant has been famous in all ages for its social habits, foresight, economy and industry. Collecting their food at the proper seasons, they bite off the ends of the grain to prevent it from germinating, and lay it up in cells till needed. Pr 1:17 Job 12:7,8 Isa 1:3 Mt 6:26 thou: Pr 6:9 10:26 13:4 15:19 18:9 19:15,24 20:4 21:25 22:13 24:30-34 Pr 26:13-16 Mt 25:26 Ro 12:11 Heb 6:12 THE ANT - A "PROVERBIAL" HARD WORKER As Adam