Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare in the summer their food.
Noyes Bible
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 which are small upon the earth, Yet are they wise, instructed in wisdom.
26The conies are a feeble people, Yet do they make their houses in the rocks.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard! Consider her ways, and be wise!
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son causing shame.
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 →