Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
Proverbs 30:25The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in 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 →