proverbs 6:6-11 a proverbial field trip the art of skillful living
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Proverbs 6:6-11
A Proverbial Field Trip
The Art of Skillful Living
Joel Osteen Trey Corry
Proverbs 6:6-11
A Proverbial Field Trip
The Art of Skillful Living
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Leaves work unfinished“A lazy man does not roast his
prey, but the precious possession of a man is diligence.”
- Proverbs 12:27“The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, but will not even bring it back to his mouth.”
- Proverbs 19:24
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Leaves work unfinished - He makes excuses
“The sluggard says, ‘There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!’” - Proverbs 22:13
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Disappoints and destroys others“Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy one to those who send him.”
- Proverbs 10:26“He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who destroys .” - Proverbs 18:9
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Lacks sense or wisdom“I passed by the field of the sluggard and by the vineyard of the man lacking sense.”
- Proverbs 10:26
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Lacks sense or wisdom“Laziness casts into a deep sleep.”
- Proverbs 19:15
“As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.”
- Proverbs 26:14
Costanza the Sluggard
Seinfeld, "The Nap", episode 152
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Lacks righteousness
“The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.”
- Proverbs 15:19
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil
- Lacks righteousness“Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things … Therefore, I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that … I myself will not be disqualified.” - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil Goal
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6)II. Wisdom’s Teaching (6:7-10) The Ant’s Initiative The Ant’s Foresight The Sluggard’s Idleness
“The sluggard is deceived by the smallness of his surrenders. So by inches and minutes, his opportunities slip away.”
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6)II. Wisdom’s Teaching (6:7-10)III. Wisdom’s Warning (6:11)
“The sluggard doesn’t plow after the autumn, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
- Proverbs 20:4
“The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, for his hands refuse to work; all day long he is craving.”
-Proverbs 24:30-31
A Proverbial Field Trip
I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6)II. Wisdom’s Teaching (6:7-10)III. Wisdom’s Warning (6:11)
“Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.”
- Romans 4:4-5