Proverbs 30:25
Ants—they're not strong, but they work hard all summer storing up food.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:
26Hyraxes —they don't have much power, but they make their homes in the rock.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
Proverbs 10:5A son who gathers crops during the summer is sensible, but the one who sleeps during harvest brings disgrace.
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 →