Holman Christian Standard Bible

Proverbs 6:5-11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

5. Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

6. Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

7. Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

8. it prepares its provisions in summer;it gathers its food during harvest.

9. How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?When will you get up from your sleep?

10. A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the arms to rest,

11. and your poverty will come like a robber,your need, like a bandit.