Proverbs 10:5
A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
LXX2012 (US English)
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Proverbs 6:8he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; whose labors kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: though weak in + 6:8 Gr. strength. body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.
Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
Proverbs 27:25Take care of the herbage in the field, and you shall cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;
Isaiah 55:6Seek you⌃ the Lord, and when you⌃ find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw near to you,
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 →