Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; [but] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4He becometh poor that laboreth with an indolent hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
6Blessings come upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:8Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.
Proverbs 17:2An intelligent servant will have rule over a son that bringeth shame, and among the brothers will he have part of the inheritance.
Proverbs 27:25When the grass is past, young verdure showeth itself, and then are gathered the herbs of the mountains.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:5
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. We are here told, 1. Who those are who, though rich, are in a fair way to become poor —those who deal with a slack hand, who are careless and remiss in their business, and never mind which end goes foremost, nor ever set their hands vigorously to their work or stick to it; those who deal with a deceitful hand (so it may be read); those who think to enrich themselves by fraud and tricking will, in the end, impoverish… Read the whole commentary →