Proverbs 30:25

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Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer.

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  • Prov 6:6-8 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. 7 She has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest.

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    26 Rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags.

    27 Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks.

    28 A lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.

    29 There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:

    30 A lion, mighty among beasts, who does not retreat before any;

  • 24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

  • Prov 6:5-8
    4 verses
    74%

    5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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

    7 She has no commander, no overseer or ruler,

    8 yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest.

  • Job 24:5-6
    2 verses
    67%

    5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out for their work diligently seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their children.

    6 In the fields, they reap the fodder; they glean the vineyard of the wicked.

  • 27 The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • 27 All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time.

  • 25 When the hay is removed, and new growth appears, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered,

  • 10 If you falter in a day of trouble, your strength is small.

  • 27 Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

  • 18 He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

  • 15 She forgets that a foot may crush them or a wild animal may trample them.

  • 17 but when they are warmed, they vanish; when heated, they disappear from their place.

  • 4 The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

  • 13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.

  • 46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

  • Ps 104:22-23
    2 verses
    63%

    22 The sun rises, and they withdraw and lie down in their dens.

    23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.

  • 15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

  • 30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

  • 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them.

  • 8 The beasts retreat to their dens and dwell in their shelters.

  • 23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

  • 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

  • 14 There was a small city with a few men in it, and a great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks around it.

  • 7 All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Job 30:3-4
    2 verses
    63%

    3 They are gaunt from poverty and hunger; they gnaw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.

    4 They pluck salt herbs from the bush, and the roots of broom trees are their food.

  • Job 38:39-40
    2 verses
    63%

    39 Can you hunt prey for the lion or satisfy the hunger of young lions,

    40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?

  • 23 An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the hyraxes.

  • 5 A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

  • 5 The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

  • 22 A wise person ascends the city of warriors and brings down the fortress in which they trust.

  • 15 She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.

  • 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.

  • 38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.

  • 7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

  • 24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.

  • 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

  • 9 He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.