Proverbs 6:8
she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader,
9How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.
Proverbs 30:25the ants, an infirm people who provide food for themselves at the harvest,
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 →