Proverbs 30:25
The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
26the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
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 →