Proverbs 6:8
She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
9How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
Proverbs 30:25The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of 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 →