Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Revised Version 1895
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 wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 30:25The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their meat 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 →