Exo 5:17, Pro 6:6-9, 10:26, 13:4, 18:9, 22:29, 24:30-34, 26:13-16 | TSK

Exodus 5:17

Proverbs 6:6-9

the ant.The ant has been famous in all ages for its social habits, foresight, economy and industry. Collecting their food at the proper seasons, they bite off the ends of the grain to prevent it from germinating, and lay it up in cells till needed.

1:17; Job 12:7,8; Isa 1:3; Mt 6:26

thou.

9; 10:26; 13:4; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15,24; 20:4; 21:25; 22:13; 24:30-34

26:13-16; Mt 25:26; Ro 12:11; Heb 6:12

Job 38:39-41; 39:1-12,26-30; 41:4-34

30:25; 1Ti 6:19

How.

1:22; 24:33,34; Jer 4:14

when.

Ps 94:8; Joh 1:6; Ro 13:11; Eph 5:14; 1Th 5:2-7

Proverbs 10:26

vinegar.

25:13,20

as smoke.As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving the alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed.

Isa 65:5

so.

Mt 25:26; Ro 12:11; Heb 6:12