Proverbs 6:8
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
In Context
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 30:25The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the 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 →