CONSIDER THE ANT, YOU SLUGGARD

(Prov. 6:6-11,  Prov. 21:25, Prov. 23:13, II Thess. 3:6-15, Heb. 6:12)

 The lazy man is a sluggard;

He spends a lot of time smirking,

For when everyone else works hard,

He is hardly working.

 A sluggard cannot be trusted,

To do what he says he will do.

His excuses are wild, his words are charming,

All the while he’s ignoring you.

 The sluggard is very wise,

But only in his own eyes.

He thinks that people are fools,

And that they believe his lies.

 The sluggard can’t keep a job;

He is often shown the door.

So when a man’s hands are idle,

He and his family live poor.

 He doesn’t plow in season,

But checks for a magical crop.

He fears a lion or a murderer,

Making any excuse to stop.

 The sluggard arrives to work late,

And is always the first to leave.

And that’s if he has a job at all,

Because work is his pet peeve.

 He should consider the ant;

That works though it never gets paid.

No one tells it what to do,

Yet the “groundwork” always gets laid.

Becky Wall

Proverbs 6:6-11
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. 

II Thessalonians 3:10b

“The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

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Links: 

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-biblical-guide-to-employer-employee.html

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-terminator-and-terminated.html

https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2013/07/solomon-addresses-subject-of-labor_15.html