Proverbs 6:6-11 A Proverbial Field Trip The Art of Skillful Living

Proverbs 6:6-11

A Proverbial Field Trip

The Art of Skillful Living

Joel Osteen Trey Corry

Proverbs 6:6-11


The Art of Skillful Living


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



- Leaves work unfinished - He makes excuses

“The sluggard says, ‘There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!’” - Proverbs 22:13



- 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



- Lacks sense or wisdom“I passed by the field of the sluggard and by the vineyard of the man lacking sense.”

- Proverbs 10:26



- 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



- 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



- 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


I. Wisdom’s Field Trip (6:6) Destination Identity of Pupil Goal


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.”


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


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

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Proverbs 6:6-11 A Proverbial Field Trip The Art of Skillful Living