Provérbios 6

6 Go to the ant, O sluggard;

And see, and emulate his ways,

And become wiser than he.

7 For whereas he has no husbandry,

Nor anyone to compel him,

And is under no master,

8 He prepares food for himself in the summer,

And lays by abundant store in harvest.

Or go to the bee,

And learn how diligent she is,

And how earnestly she is engaged in her work;

Whose labors kings and private men use for health,

And she is desired and respected by all:

Though weak in body,

She is advanced by honoring wisdom.

9 How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard?

And when wilt thou awake out of sleep?

10 Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time,

And thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.

11 Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveler,

And want as a swift courier:

But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall arrive as a fountain,

And poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.