^{6 Ref} Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

^{7 Ref} Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

^{8 Ref} Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

^{9 Ref} How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

^{10 Ref} Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

^{11 Ref} So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.