...Palestine was one cannot definitely say ; the oft-quoted passage in the Bible, ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ' ways and be wise ; which,...the summer, and gathereth her 'food in the harvest' (Prov. vi. 6-8 ; see also xxx. 25), has been generally supposed to imply that the Jews held that the...

...biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. On Industry and Sloth. Proverbs. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little sfumber, a little...

...provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs, chap. vith. One more quotation and I have done....

...Foolish Virgins, their entrance ; Matt. xxv. 5. How long, then, a1/// f/iou sleep, O sluggard ? when witt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep,...hand-s to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that tra•caileth, and thy want as an armed man. (c.) As for sports, when they take up so much time and...

...field, or to lay up for winter ; but these things are man's duty ; as Prov. vi. 6. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : Which,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." And chap. x. 5. &c. " He that gaihereth in summer is a wise son ; but he that sleepeth in harvest,...

...looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. (t] Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise; which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (») Eph. 4. »8. ((.) E»od. 10 9. (p) Rom. n. 10, i*. (5) \ Eccles. n. 6. (»•) i Thess. 3. n,...

...undisturbed, cost what it will. Hence says Solomon, Prov. vi. 9, 10, 11. ' How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?...little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy po» verty come as one that travelleth, and thy wants as an armed man.' But O what a risk is that,...

...what can be done to-day, should not be put off till to-morrow." — Anonymous. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise ; which, having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. — Prav. vi. 6, 7,8. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth....

...flight, Till Want now following, fraudulent and slow, Shall spring to seize thee, like an ambushed foe." From this hubbub of words pass to the original....her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little...

...all creatures to learn the duty of providing for futurity, Prov. vi. 6 — 8, " Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise : which,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." He neglects the means without which the end cannot be attained. This is the effect of the former. If...