Ants
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Proverbs 6:6–8
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. / Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, / it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 30:24, 25
Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: / The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Proverbs 20:4
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Ephesians 6:7
Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,
Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.