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Deildu

You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two. Nobody has to tell it what to do. All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions. So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing? How long before you get out of bed? A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next? Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, poverty your permanent houseguest!

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

Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise

Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.

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

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

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

¶Go to the ant, O lazy one; Observe her ways and be wise, [Job 12:7]

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

When you’re feeling lazy, come and learn a lesson from this tale of the tiny ant. Yes, all you lazybones, come learn from the example of the ant and enter into wisdom.

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