“ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: ”
The warning against the wastefulness of the prodigal is followed by a warning as emphatic against the wastefulness of sloth. The point of comparison with the ant is not so much the foresight of the...
Go to the (b) ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: (b) If the word of God cannot instruct you, learn from the little ant to labour for yourself and not to burden others.
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1-5 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6-11 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12-15 ag...
DISCOURSE: 767 THE SLUGGARD REPROVED Proverbs 6:6-10 . Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, a...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Go to the ant, thou sluggard - נמלה nemalah, the ant, is a remarkable creature for foresight, industry, and economy. At the proper season...
Go to the ant— Horace has made use of the same similitude: ———Thus the little ant (to human lore No mean example) forms her frugal store, Gather'd with mighty toils on every side, Nor ignorant, n...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. From the particular exhortation of the surety to sleepless energy (...
Dissuasives from Hurtful things Proverbs 6:1-19 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lor...
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1 ; Proverbs 6:6 ; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn princip...
Avoid Suretyship and Sloth Proverbs 6:1-19 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sl...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard ,.... That art become surety for another, and got into a snare and net, and yet takest no pains to get out. Or this may be directed, not to the surety, but the debtor; w...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Ver. 6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard. ] Man, that was once the captain of God's school, is now, for his truantcy, turned down into the...
Go to the ant , &c. “Nor are industry and diligence requisite in this alone, but in all thy affairs; to which, therefore, if thou art slothful, I must excite thee by the example of the ants; who...
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overs...
This is another distinct precept; and it is for the most part as needless to seek, as hard to find, coherence in the proverbs and counsels of this book. Her ways; her actions and manner of living,...
A Warning To The Lazy ( Proverbs 6:6-11 ). The urgency required of the surety in dealing with his problem in Proverbs 6:1-5 , and the possibility that he might be slack in doing so, may well have...
CRITICAL NOTES, — Proverbs 6:11 . One that travelleth, “a highwayman,” “a footpad.” Armed man , literally, “a man of the shield. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 6:6-11 INDUSTRY...
Proverbs 6:1 . If thou be surety for thy friend. If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lendin...
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Little preachers and great sermons There is a twofold revelation of God--in the Bible and in nature. In relation to this revelation...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 6:1-20 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship ( Proverbs 6:1-20 ); (2) sloth...
Warning Against Foolish Suretyship, Idleness, and Malice
Hebrews 6:12 ; Isaiah 1:3 ; Job 12:7 ; Job 12:8 ; Matthew 25:26 ; Matthew 6:26 ; Proverbs 1:17 ; Proverbs 26:13-16 ; Proverbs 10:26 ; Proverbs 13:4 ; Proverbs 15:19 ; Proverbs 18:9 ; Pro...
Go — This is a distinct precept; and it is for the most part as needless to seek, as hard to find, coherence in the proverbs.