Proverbs 30:25
The emmets are [but] a weake people, which yet gather their meate in the sommer:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24These be foure thynges in the earth the which are very litle, but in wisdome they exceede the wyse:
26The conies are but a feeble folke, yet make their boroughes among the rockes:
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse:
Proverbs 10:5Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse: but he that is sluggishe in haruest, bringeth hym selfe to confusion.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:25-29
Four Things Little and Wise. 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four… Read the whole commentary →