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Proverbs 6 · Grade 4

The Ant and the Lamp

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Read and Think

The chapter opens with a warning about promising to pay a neighbor's debt without thinking. Then comes a lesson from nature: Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. The ant works without being told and plans ahead.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? The lazy person's motto is a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands. Then poverty comes like a robber.

Proverbs lists six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven: arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, a heart that devises wicked schemes, a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. The list also includes violence and running to mischief. The father ends: For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light.

Show What You Know

  1. What does the ant have no need of?

  2. When does the ant provide her bread?

  3. What comes like a robber to the lazy?

  4. What is the last thing on the list?

  5. What is the law compared to?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

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  1. Then comes a lesson from nature: Go to the , you sluggard.
  2. Consider her ways, and be ; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
  3. The father ends: For the commandment is a , and the law is light.

Think About It

  1. The ant works hard without being told. What is a job you can do without being reminded?

  2. God hates a lying tongue and sowing discord. How can your words bring peace instead of fights?

Memory Verse

“My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.”

Proverbs 6:20 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the hard-working ant. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be a peacemaker between brothers or sisters?
  • What are reproofs of instruction?

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