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Proverbs 6:6

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6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; 1 

observe its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 6:9

Context

6:9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there?

When will you rise from your sleep? 2 

1 sn The sluggard (עָצֵל, ’atsel) is the lazy or sluggish person (cf. NCV “lazy person”; NRSV, NLT “lazybones”).

2 sn The use of the two rhetorical questions is designed to rebuke the lazy person in a forceful manner. The sluggard is spending too much time sleeping.



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