Proverbs 6:4-10 New Living Translation (NLT)

4. Don’t put it off; do it now!Don’t rest until you do.

5. Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,like a bird fleeing from a net.

6. Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.Learn from their ways and become wise!

7. Though they have no princeor governor or ruler to make them work,

8. they labor hard all summer,gathering food for the winter.

9. But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?When will you wake up?

10. A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,a little folding of the hands to rest—

Proverbs 6