Proverbs 6:7
For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
In Context
6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
8she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
Cross References
Job 38:39Will you seize prey for the lioness, and will you sustain the lives of her young,
Job 41:4Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
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 →