^{6 Ref} Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

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

^{8 Ref} Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

^{9 Ref} How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

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

^{11 Ref} So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.

^{12 Ref} A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth;