Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!

懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧。

懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作，就可得智慧。

懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作，就可得智慧。

懒惰的人啊，去看看蚂蚁，观察它的生活，就会有智慧。

懒惰人哪！你去看看蚂蚁，察看它们所行的，就可得着智慧。

懒惰的人哪，你当到蚂蚁那里去，观看它的行为，得着智慧！

懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作就可得智慧。

懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作，就可得智慧。

懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作，就可得智慧。

懶惰的人啊，去看看螞蟻，觀察牠的生活，就會有智慧。

懶惰人哪！你去看看螞蟻，察看牠們所行的，就可得著智慧。

懶惰人哪，去找螞蟻，看牠們所行的，來做有智慧的人。

懶惰的人哪，你當到螞蟻那裡去，觀看牠的行為，得著智慧！

怠惰者歟、往視厥蟻、察其所為、可得智慧、

怠惰者流、盍觀螻蟻、而法其智、

怠惰者歟、爾往觀蟻之動作、可得智慧、

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Go to the ant, you lazy one, Observe its ways and be wise,

Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.

Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.

“ But the master replied,‘ You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,

Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

Ants— they aren’t strong, but they store up food all summer.

A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?

Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.

Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.

The lazy person claims,“ There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.

I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense.I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

“ Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to you.

Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin, for their hands refuse to work.

The lazy person claims,“ There’s a lion out there! If I go outside, I might be killed!”

Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.

Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.

A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers, but the path of the upright is an open highway.

If a bird sees a trap being set, it knows to stay away.

Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?

Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.”