Proverbs 30:25
The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
In Context
24These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:
26The conies a people not mightie, yet make their houses in the rocke:
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.
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 →