Proverbs 6:8-11a

⁸he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest.

^8aOr go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work;

^8bwhose labours kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all:

^8cthough weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.

⁹How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep?

¹⁰Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.

¹¹Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier:

^11abut if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.