In Proverbs 6:6, the ant's diligence is held up as the antidote to the sluggard's little rest.

Proverbs 6:4 urges urgent action without sleep, directly opposing the lazy sleep described here.

Proverbs 24:33 repeats this exact warning against laziness word for word, doubling the emphasis.

Proverbs 24:34 completes the identical proverb, showing the same consequence of poverty for the lazy.

Proverbs 19:15 links laziness to deep sleep and hunger, echoing the same cause-effect.

Proverbs 19:24 pictures the sluggard's extreme laziness, a vivid illustration of the same character.

Proverbs 20:4 shows laziness leading to harvest failure, similar to the poverty warned here.

Proverbs 26:14 compares the sluggard to a door turning on hinges, emphasizing his love of bed.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 uses the same 'folding hands' idiom to describe self-destructive laziness.