Proverbs 10:5
Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep and not work during harvest time.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
4Lazy people soon become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:8but they work hard all during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
Proverbs 17:2A slave who acts wisely will some day be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions.
Proverbs 27:25After you cut the hay [DOU] and store it to feed the animals in the winter while a new crop of hay is growing,
Isaiah 55:6Seek to know me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am 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 →