A sluggard is far beneath than an ant.

 

 

A sluggard is far beneath than an ant.

The sluggard should go to the ant and consider its ways and be wise (Prov.6:6).

The sluggard must learn from the ant to work willingly, diligently and corporately (v.7).

The ant is thoughtful, helps each other and works according to their size.

But the sluggard is not thoughtful, do not help others and is busybody.

The sluggard must learn from the ant to prepare for the future (v.8).

The ant works very hard and diligently during the harvest season that is summer,

in order to prepare food for the coming winter.

But the sluggard says “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest” (v.10). 

As a result, “poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man” (v.11).

But I wonder whether the sluggard will go to the ant and consider its ways and be wise

since “The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes” (26:16).