Proverbs 6:7
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
In Context
6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
8Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
Cross References
Job 38:39Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job 41:4Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever?
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 →