Proverbs 6:7
It has no commander, 1 officer, or ruler, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
In Context
6Look at the ant, you lazy person, 1 consider her ways, and be wise. 1
8yet it prepares its food in the summer 1 and during the harvest it stores up what it will eat. 1
Cross References
Job 38:39Can you hunt down a victim for a lioness 1 or satisfy the appetite of her young lion cubs 1
Job 41:4Will he make a covenant with you, 1 that you should take him for a servant forever? 1
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 →