Proverbs

⁷Ants have no ruler, no boss, and no leader. ⁸But in the summer, ants gather all of their food and save it. So when winter comes, there is plenty to eat. ⁹You lazy people, how long are you going to lie there? When will you get up? ¹⁰You say, “I need a rest. I think I’ll take a short nap.” ¹¹But then you sleep and sleep and become poorer and poorer. Soon you will have nothing. It will be as if a thief came and stole everything you owned. ¹²Some people are just troublemakers. They are always thinking up some crooked plan and telling lies. ¹³They use secret signals to cheat people; they wink their eyes, shuffle their feet, and point a finger.