Proverbs 6:7
Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
In Context
6Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
8She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
Cross References
Job 41:4\41:13\Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?
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 →