Proverbs 6:8
but they work hard all during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7They do not have a king or a governor or any other person who rules them and forces them to work,
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep and not work during harvest time.
Proverbs 30:25Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer in order to have it during the winter.
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 →