Proverbs 10:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ He who gathers in summer is a wise son, He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Common English Bible

⁵ A wise son harvests in the summer; a disgraceful son sleeps right through the harvest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 10:5 Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

Poor is he who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant rules over a son who causes shame, And shares an inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 19:26

He who plunders a father, Chases away his mother, Is a son causing shame and bringing reproach.

Proverbs 27:25

Grass vanishes, and new grass appears, And the vegetation of the mountains is gathered in.

Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you lazy one! See her ways and be wise,

Proverbs 6:8

Provides her supplies in the summer, Gathers her food in the harvest.