Proverbs 6:8
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
9How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 30:25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →