Proverbs 6:8
he 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.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,
9How long will you lie, O sluggard? and when will you awake out of sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
Proverbs 30:25the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;
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 →